GeForce RTX 4070 vs Quadro P6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P6000 with GeForce RTX 4070, including specs and performance data.

Quadro P6000
2016
24 GB 384-bit, 250 Watt
39.18

RTX 4070 outperforms Quadro P6000 by an impressive 78% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking10217
Place by popularitynot in top-10031
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.4926.84
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGP102AD104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 October 2016 (7 years ago)13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,999 $599
Current price$989 (0.2x MSRP)$791 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4070 has 38% better value for money than Quadro P6000.

Detailed specifications

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 cores38405888
Core clock speed1506 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate394.8455.4
Floating-point performance12,634 gflopsno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm240 mm
Width2" (5.1 cm)2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 8-pin1x 16-pin
SLI options+no data

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 type384 BitGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount24 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed9016 MHz21000 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 432 GB/s504.2 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

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 Stereo1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Sync IIno data
HDMIno 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 compatibility

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

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA6.18.9

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 39.18
RTX 4070 69.87
+78.3%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Quadro P6000 by 78% based on our aggregate 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 15132
RTX 4070 26986
+78.3%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Quadro P6000 by 78% in Passmark.

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 HD110−120
−88.2%
207
+88.2%
1440p65−70
−87.7%
122
+87.7%
4K40−45
−82.5%
73
+82.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
−80%
216
+80%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
−85%
110−120
+85%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
−89.2%
120−130
+89.2%
Battlefield 5 120−130
−86.7%
220−230
+86.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−83.1%
110−120
+83.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
−83.2%
174
+83.2%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−80%
110−120
+80%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
−80%
170−180
+80%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−81.7%
210−220
+81.7%
Hitman 3 65−70
−87.7%
120−130
+87.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 260−270
−80.8%
470
+80.8%
Metro Exodus 80−85
−80%
140−150
+80%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
−90.8%
120−130
+90.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 270−280
−78.5%
482
+78.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−80%
130−140
+80%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
−85%
110−120
+85%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
−89.2%
120−130
+89.2%
Battlefield 5 120−130
−86.7%
220−230
+86.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−83.1%
110−120
+83.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
−78.8%
143
+78.8%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−80%
110−120
+80%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
−80%
170−180
+80%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−81.7%
210−220
+81.7%
Hitman 3 65−70
−87.7%
120−130
+87.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
−84.4%
290−300
+84.4%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−86.7%
84
+86.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
−90.8%
120−130
+90.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 210−220
−79%
376
+79%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 190−200
−84.7%
351
+84.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−80%
130−140
+80%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
−85%
110−120
+85%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
−89.2%
120−130
+89.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−83.1%
110−120
+83.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
−82.9%
128
+82.9%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−80%
110−120
+80%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−81.7%
210−220
+81.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
−83.1%
293
+83.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 180−190
−78.9%
322
+78.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95−100
−78.9%
170
+78.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
−90.8%
124
+90.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
−90.8%
120−130
+90.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 90−95
−83.3%
160−170
+83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
−80%
140−150
+80%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−82.2%
80−85
+82.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
−93.3%
85−90
+93.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55−60
−92.7%
100−110
+92.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
−80%
81
+80%
Far Cry 5 95−100
−80%
171
+80%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−87.8%
160−170
+87.8%
Hitman 3 55−60
−85.5%
100−110
+85.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
−85%
222
+85%
Metro Exodus 80−85
−78.8%
143
+78.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
−85%
222
+85%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
−81.4%
120−130
+81.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−86%
93
+86%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
−91.7%
110−120
+91.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
−95.6%
85−90
+95.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−97.1%
65−70
+97.1%
Hitman 3 30−33
−103%
60−65
+103%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
−80%
100−110
+80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−86.7%
84
+86.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
−91.7%
115
+91.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−33
−93.3%
55−60
+93.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−33
−83.3%
55−60
+83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−92.6%
50−55
+92.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−100%
36
+100%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−85.2%
50−55
+85.2%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−86.2%
120−130
+86.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−85.7%
130
+85.7%
Metro Exodus 50−55
−92%
96
+92%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−85.2%
50
+85.2%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
−90%
75−80
+90%

This is how Quadro P6000 and RTX 4070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4070 is 88% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4070 is 88% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4070 is 83% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.18 69.87
Recency 1 October 2016 13 April 2023
Cost $5999 $599
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 200 Watt

The GeForce RTX 4070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P6000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P6000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4070 is a desktop one.


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