GeForce 6600 GT AGP vs Quadro P6000
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 107 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 18.70 | no data |
Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Curie (2003−2013) |
GPU code name | GP102 | NV43 A2 |
Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
Release date | 1 October 2016 (7 years old) | 14 November 2004 (19 years old) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $5,999 | no data |
Current price | $989 (0.2x MSRP) | no data |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 3840 | no data |
Core clock speed | 1506 MHz | 500 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1645 MHz | no data |
Number of transistors | 11,800 million | 146 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 110 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 47 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 394.8 | 4.000 |
Floating-point performance | 12,634 gflops | no data |
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 | AGP 8x |
Length | 267 mm | no data |
Width | 2" (5.1 cm) | 1-slot |
Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 8-pin | 1x Molex |
SLI options | + | no data |
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 | 384 Bit | GDDR3 |
Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 128 MB |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 9016 MHz | 950 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | Up to 432 GB/s | 15.2 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 | DVI-D DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | no data |
Multi-display synchronization | Quadro Sync II | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
ECC (Error Correcting Code) | + | no data |
3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
Mosaic | + | no data |
High-Performance Video I/O6 | + | no data |
nView Desktop Management | + | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 | 9.0c (9_3) |
Shader Model | 5.1 | 3.0 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
Vulkan | + | N/A |
CUDA | 6.1 | no data |
Advantages and disadvantages
Recency | 1 October 2016 | 14 November 2004 |
Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 128 MB |
Chip lithography | 16 nm | 110 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 47 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Quadro P6000 and GeForce 6600 GT AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro P6000 is a workstation card while GeForce 6600 GT AGP is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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