GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition vs Quadro P6000

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	142	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.72	no data
Power efficiency	11.39	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GP102	G84
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	1 October 2016 (9 years ago)	21 September 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	3840	32
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	675 MHz
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	11,800 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	394.8	10.80
Floating-point processing power	12.63 TFLOPS	0.0928 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	8
TMUs	240	16
L1 Cache	1.4 MB	no data
L2 Cache	3 MB	32 KB

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2" (5.1 cm)	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

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	384 Bit	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1127 MHz	1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 432 GB/s	32.26 GB/s

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	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	2x DVI
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync II	no data

Supported 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 and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 October 2016	21 September 2007
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	75 Watt

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