Quadro K1200 vs M6000

Place in performance ranking	169	493
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	5.78	4.86
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	GM200	GM107
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	21 March 2015 (9 years ago)	28 January 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,199.99	$321.97
Current price	$1792 (0.4x MSRP)	$124 (0.4x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M6000 has 19% better value for money than Quadro K1200.

Technical specs

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 cores	3072	512
Core clock speed	988 MHz	1058 MHz
Boost clock speed	1114 MHz	1124 MHz
Number of transistors	8,000 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	213.9	35.97
Floating-point performance	6,844 gflops	1,151 gflops

Size and 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	160 mm
Width	2-slot	1" (2.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None

Memory

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	128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	317.4 GB/s	Up to 80 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	mDP mDP mDP mDP
Number of simultaneous displays	no data	4

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro	no data	+
Mosaic	no data	+
nView Desktop Management	no data	+

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12
Shader Model	6.4	5
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	+
CUDA	5.2	5.0

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 M6000 30.46
+303%

Quadro K1200 7.55

M6000 outperforms K1200 by 303% based on our aggregated 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 M6000 11792
+304%

Quadro K1200 2922

M6000 outperforms K1200 by 304% 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 M6000 37354
+329%

Quadro K1200 8709

M6000 outperforms K1200 by 329% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro M6000 46401
+490%

Quadro K1200 7870

M6000 outperforms K1200 by 490% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M6000 32385
+257%

Quadro K1200 9073

M6000 outperforms K1200 by 257% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M6000 122
+369%

Quadro K1200 26

M6000 outperforms K1200 by 369% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	30.46	7.55
Recency	21 March 2015	28 January 2015
Cost	$4199.99	$321.97
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt