Quadro RTX 6000 Passive vs RTX 4000

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	99	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	27.56	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	TU104	TU102
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	13 November 2018 (5 years old)	13 August 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	$6,299
Current price	$974 (1.1x MSRP)	$1895 (0.3x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	2304	4608
Core clock speed	1005 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	260 Watt
Texture fill rate	222.5	449.3

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	13000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	416.0 GB/s	672.0 GB/s

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 Connectors

3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5	7.5

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	13 November 2018	13 August 2018
Cost	$899	$6299
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	260 Watt

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