Switch 2 GPU vs Quadro P6000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking139not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.67no data
Power efficiency11.08no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameGP102GA10B
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 October 2016 (8 years ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,999 $449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores38401536
Core clock speed1506 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate394.867.20
Floating-point processing power12.63 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs9616
TMUs24048
Tensor Coresno data48
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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 x16no data
Length267 mm272 mm
Width2" (5.1 cm)no data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 BitLPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount24 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1127 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 432 GB/s102.4 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPortNo outputs
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Sync IIno 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 and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2016 5 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 40 Watt

Quadro P6000 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 525% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P6000 and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P6000 is a workstation graphics card while Switch 2 GPU is a desktop one.

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