Quadro K6000 SDI vs Radeon HD 6670
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 975 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.08 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.02 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Turks | GK110 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 19 April 2011 (14 years ago) | 23 July 2013 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $99 | $8,599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
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 cores | 480 | 2880 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 902 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 800 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 7,080 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 66 Watt | 239 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 19.20 | 216.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.768 TFLOPS | 5.196 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 48 |
| TMUs | 24 | 240 |
| L1 Cache | 48 KB | 240 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 1536 KB |
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).
| Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1050 MHz | 1502 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 288.4 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 3.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 April 2011 | 23 July 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 66 Watt | 239 Watt |
HD 6670 has 262.1% lower power consumption.
K6000 SDI, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6670 and Quadro K6000 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6670 is a desktop graphics card while Quadro K6000 SDI is a workstation one.
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