GeForce 6800 GTO vs Quadro M5000M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 356 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 13.01 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | NV45 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 August 2015 (10 years ago) | 14 April 2004 (22 years ago) |
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 cores | 1,536 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 975 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1051 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 222 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 93.60 | 4.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.995 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | 12 |
| TMUs | 96 | 12 |
| L1 Cache | 576 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | no 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1253 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB/s | 32 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI |
| Display Port | 1.2 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
| 3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| nView Display Management | + | no data |
| Optimus | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| CUDA | 5.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 August 2015 | 14 April 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 nm |
M5000M has an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M5000M and GeForce 6800 GTO. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro M5000M is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce 6800 GTO is a desktop one.
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