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NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro M6000 24 GB sales 5 March 2016 at a recommended price of $4,999 . This is a Maxwell 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 24 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6.61 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 317.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.
It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 30.29% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about Quadro M6000 24 GB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 153 | |
| Value for money | 4.84 | |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019) | |
| GPU code name | GM200 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 5 March 2016 (7 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $4,999 | |
| Current price | $2104 (0.4x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Quadro M6000 24 GB's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro M6000 24 GB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 3072 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 988 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1114 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 285.2 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 6,844 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro M6000 24 GB and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro M6000 24 GB: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 6612 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 317.4 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro M6000 24 GB. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort |
API support
APIs supported by Quadro M6000 24 GB, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | + | |
| CUDA | 5.2 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro M6000 24 GB. 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.
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Quadro M6000 24 GB is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Quadro M6000 24 GB performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro M6000 24 GB is Radeon Pro 5700, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.
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Similar GPUs
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