Quadro P6000: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 38.80% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro P6000 sales 1 October 2016 at a recommended price of $5,999 . This is a Pascal architecture desktop card based on 16 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 24 GB of 384-bit memory clocked at 9.02 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of Up to 432 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is 2-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 1 x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about Quadro P6000: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 107 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Value for money | 18.57 | |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | |
| GPU code name | GP102 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 1 October 2016 (7 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $5,999 | |
| Current price | $989 (0.2x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
Quadro P6000's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro P6000's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 3840 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1645 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 11,800 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 394.8 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 12,634 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro P6000 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" (5.1 cm) | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 8-pin | |
| SLI options | + |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro P6000: 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 | 384 Bit | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 9016 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 432 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro P6000. 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 | DVI-D DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo | |
| Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | |
| Multi-display synchronization | Quadro Sync II |
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro P6000. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| ECC (Error Correcting Code) | + | |
| 3D Vision Pro | + | |
| Mosaic | + | |
| High-Performance Video I/O6 | + | |
| nView Desktop Management | + |
API support
APIs supported by Quadro P6000, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | + | |
| CUDA | 6.1 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro P6000. 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 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%
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%
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%
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%
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro P6000 is Radeon Pro W5700, which is faster by 1% and higher by 6 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro P6000:
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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