TITAN RTX vs Quadro K6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K6000 with TITAN RTX, including specs and performance data.

Quadro K6000
2013
12 GB GDDR5, 225 Watt
20.85

TITAN RTX outperforms Quadro K6000 by a whopping 134% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking24556
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.9711.33
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameGK110BTU102
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (10 years ago)18 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,265 $2,499
Current price$429 (0.1x MSRP)$1035 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K6000 has 6% better value for money than TITAN RTX.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores28804608
Core clock speed797 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt280 Watt
Texture fill rate216.5509.8
Floating-point performance5,196 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed6008 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s672.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA3.57.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro K6000 20.85
TITAN RTX 48.83
+134%

TITAN RTX outperforms Quadro K6000 by 134% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro K6000 8052
TITAN RTX 18858
+134%

TITAN RTX outperforms Quadro K6000 by 134% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Quadro K6000 22898
TITAN RTX 149825
+554%

TITAN RTX outperforms Quadro K6000 by 554% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro K6000 25339
TITAN RTX 123676
+388%

TITAN RTX outperforms Quadro K6000 by 388% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro K6000 17571
TITAN RTX 166517
+848%

TITAN RTX outperforms Quadro K6000 by 848% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD65−70
−143%
158
+143%
1440p40−45
−160%
104
+160%
4K30−35
−153%
76
+153%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−163%
79
+163%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−160%
104
+160%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
−160%
104
+160%
Battlefield 5 85−90
−146%
209
+146%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
−138%
143
+138%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−163%
79
+163%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−154%
127
+154%
Far Cry New Dawn 85−90
−136%
201
+136%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−149%
187
+149%
Hitman 3 45−50
−160%
117
+160%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−137%
332
+137%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−140%
144
+140%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−154%
127
+154%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
−151%
351
+151%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−149%
112
+149%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−138%
95
+138%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−151%
88
+151%
Battlefield 5 85−90
−139%
203
+139%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55−60
−138%
131
+138%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−163%
79
+163%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−153%
101
+153%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−137%
154
+137%
Forza Horizon 4 100−105
−154%
254
+154%
Hitman 3 40−45
−135%
94
+135%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−140%
336
+140%
Metro Exodus 55−60
−149%
137
+149%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−152%
126
+152%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
−138%
286
+138%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
−143%
267
+143%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
−140%
204
+140%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−33
−163%
79
+163%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−33
−167%
80
+167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−155%
102
+155%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−160%
78
+160%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−163%
79
+163%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−150%
175
+150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
−142%
218
+142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−105
−142%
242
+142%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
−153%
139
+153%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−146%
86
+146%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−146%
123
+146%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−145%
95−100
+145%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
−140%
144
+140%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−157%
50−55
+157%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
−144%
66
+144%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−144%
122
+144%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−144%
66
+144%
Far Cry 5 55−60
−144%
134
+144%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−142%
157
+142%
Hitman 3 40−45
−150%
100
+150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−140%
168
+140%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−153%
114
+153%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 75−80
−144%
183
+144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
−157%
75−80
+157%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−159%
70
+159%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−138%
119
+138%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−151%
88
+151%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−148%
67
+148%
Hitman 3 18−20
−167%
48
+167%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−144%
65−70
+144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−144%
66
+144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−158%
103
+158%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−148%
52
+148%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
−139%
43
+139%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−138%
50
+138%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−136%
33
+136%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−172%
49
+172%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−153%
114
+153%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−155%
102
+155%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−134%
82
+134%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−139%
43
+139%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
−147%
74
+147%

This is how Quadro K6000 and TITAN RTX compete in popular games:

  • TITAN RTX is 143% faster in 1080p
  • TITAN RTX is 160% faster in 1440p
  • TITAN RTX is 153% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.85 48.83
Recency 23 July 2013 18 December 2018
Cost $5265 $2499
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 280 Watt

The TITAN RTX is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K6000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K6000 is a workstation graphics card while TITAN RTX is a desktop one.


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