GeForce GTX 980 vs Quadro P6000

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Combined performance score

Quadro P6000
38.47
+33.9%

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 by 34% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking110178
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money18.269.42
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameGP102GM204
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 October 2016 (7 years old)19 September 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,999 $549
Current price$989 (0.2x MSRP)$339 (0.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P6000 has 94% better value for money than GTX 980.

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 cores38402048
CUDA coresno data2048
Core clock speed1506 MHz1064 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1216 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate394.8144 billion/sec
Floating-point performance12,634 gflops4,981 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 dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm10.5" (26.7 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2" (5.1 cm)2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)no data500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors1 x 8-pin2x 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 type384 BitGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount24 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed9016 MHz7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidthUp to 432 GB/s224 GB/s
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 StereoDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Sync IIno data
VGA аnalog display supportno data+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno data+
HDMIno data+
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC supportno data+
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

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

GameStreamno data+
GeForce ShadowPlayno data+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorksno data+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoderno data+
Optimusno data+
BatteryBoostno 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 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
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
+33.9%
GTX 980 28.72

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 by 34% 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
+33.9%
GTX 980 11133

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 by 34% 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
+80.3%
GTX 980 33357

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 by 80% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro P6000 77095
+92.6%
GTX 980 40029

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 by 93% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro P6000 47462
+60.6%
GTX 980 29546

Quadro P6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 by 61% 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 HD120−130
+27.7%
94
−27.7%
1440p65−70
+27.5%
51
−27.5%
4K50−55
+31.6%
38
−31.6%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 38.47 28.72
Recency 1 October 2016 19 September 2014
Cost $5999 $549
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 165 Watt

The Quadro P6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 980 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P6000 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 980 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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