Tesla S1070 vs Quadro K6000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking261not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.22no data
Power efficiency6.47no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGK110BGT200B
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)1 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,265 $7,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2880240
Core clock speed797 MHz610 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt800 Watt
Texture fill rate216.548.80
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs24080

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 2.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s102.4 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 DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA3.51.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2013 1 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 800 Watt

Quadro K6000 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 255.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K6000 and Tesla S1070. We've got no test results to judge.


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