FX 2800M vs P6000

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Combined performance score

Quadro P6000
38.47
+3462%

P6000 outperforms FX 2800M by 3462% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking1101046
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money18.260.05
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code nameGP102NB10-GLM3
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date1 October 2016 (7 years old)1 December 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,999 no data
Current price$989 (0.2x MSRP)$140
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P6000 has 36420% better value for money than FX 2800M.

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 cores384096
Core clock speed1506 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHzno data
Number of transistors11,800 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate394.828.80
Floating-point performance12,634 gflops288 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro P6000 and Quadro FX 2800M 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 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length267 mmno data
Width2" (5.1 cm)no data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 8-pinno data
SLI options+no data

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 BitGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount24 GB1 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed9016 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 432 GB/s64 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 StereoNo outputs
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.

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.

DirectX1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.53.3
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
+3462%
FX 2800M 1.08

P6000 outperforms FX 2800M by 3462% 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
+3467%
FX 2800M 418

P6000 outperforms FX 2800M by 3467% 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 HD1100−1150
+3448%
31
−3448%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 38.47 1.08
Recency 1 October 2016 1 December 2009
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 75 Watt

The Quadro P6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 2800M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P6000 is a workstation card while Quadro FX 2800M is a mobile workstation 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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