GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Quadro P6000

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Combined performance score

Quadro P6000
38.47
+867%

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 867% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking110650
Place by popularitynot in top-10063
Value for money18.260.28
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGP102GF116
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 October 2016 (7 years old)15 March 2011 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,999 $149
Current price$989 (0.2x MSRP)$197 (1.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P6000 has 6421% better value for money than GTX 550 Ti.

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 cores3840192
CUDA coresno data192
Core clock speed1506 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHzno data
Number of transistors11,800 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt116 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data100 °C
Texture fill rate394.828.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance12,634 gflops691.2 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).

Bus supportno data16x PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm8.25" (21 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2" (5.1 cm)2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 8-pinOne 6-pin
SLI options++

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 type384 BitGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount24 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed9016 MHz4.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidthUp to 432 GB/s98.4 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 ConnectorsDVI-D DP DP DP DP 3-pin StereoTwo Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Sync IIno data
HDMIno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

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.

DirectX1212 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.2
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA6.1+

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 P6000 38.47
+867%
GTX 550 Ti 3.98

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 867% in our combined 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 P6000 14912
+866%
GTX 550 Ti 1544

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 866% 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 P6000 60145
+934%
GTX 550 Ti 5814

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 550 Ti by 934% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p350−400
+821%
38
−821%
Full HD350−400
+846%
37
−846%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 38.47 3.98
Recency 1 October 2016 15 March 2011
Cost $5999 $149
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 116 Watt

The Quadro P6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P6000 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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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