GeForce GTX 970M SLI vs Quadro P6000

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Combined performance score

Quadro P6000
38.47
+59%

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 970M SLI by 59% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking110208
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money18.266.73
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameGP102no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date1 October 2016 (7 years old)7 October 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,999 no data
Current price$989 (0.2x MSRP)$1326
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P6000 has 171% better value for money than GTX 970M SLI.

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 cores38402560
Core clock speed1506 MHz924 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1038 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million2x 5200 Million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt162 Watt
Texture fill rate394.8no data
Floating-point performance12,634 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro P6000 and GeForce GTX 970M SLI compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2" (5.1 cm)no data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 8-pinno data
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 GB2x 6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit2x 192 Bit
Memory clock speed9016 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 432 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 ConnectorsDVI-D DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereono data
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Sync IIno data

Technologies

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

Optimusno 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.

DirectX1212_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+no data
CUDA6.1+

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 HD130−140
+47.7%
88
−47.7%
4K60−65
+53.8%
39
−53.8%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 38.47 24.19
Recency 1 October 2016 7 October 2014
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 162 Watt

The Quadro P6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 970M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P6000 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 970M SLI is a notebook 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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