GeForce GTX 970 vs Quadro P6000

Place in performance ranking	107	199
Place by popularity	not in top-100	84
Value for money	18.70	23.07
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	GP102	GM204
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	1 October 2016 (7 years ago)	19 September 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,999	$329
Current price	$989 (0.2x MSRP)	$105 (0.3x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 970 has 23% better value for money than Quadro P6000.

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	1664
CUDA cores	no data	1664
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1178 MHz
Number of transistors	11,800 million	5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	145 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	98 °C
Texture fill rate	394.8	109 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	12,634 gflops	3,920 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 support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2" (5.1 cm)	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	no data	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	2x 6-pins
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 type	384 Bit	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	9016 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	Up to 432 GB/s	224 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support	no data	4 displays
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync II	no data
HDMI	no data	+
HDCP	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
G-SYNC support	no data	+
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Technologies

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

GameStream	no data	+
GeForce ShadowPlay	no data	+
GPU Boost	no data	2.0
GameWorks	no data	+
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	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	6.1	+

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 38.94
+56.3%

GTX 970 24.91

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 by 56% 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 P6000 15077
+56.3%

GTX 970 9645

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 by 56% 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
+123%

GTX 970 27020

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 by 123% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro P6000 77095
+139%

GTX 970 32306

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 by 139% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro P6000 47462
+83.3%

GTX 970 25897

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 by 83% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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:

Full HD	120−130 +46.3%	82 −46.3%
1440p	80−85 +48.1%	54 −48.1%
4K	55−60 +44.7%	38 −44.7%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	38.94	24.91
Recency	1 October 2016	19 September 2014
Cost	$5999	$329
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	145 Watt