Quadro 6000 SDI vs Radeon R5 240 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameOlandGF100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 November 2013 (11 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$11,499

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 cores384448
Core clock speed730 MHz574 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt231 Watt
Texture fill rate18.7232.14
Floating-point processing power0.599 TFLOPS1.028 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs2456

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 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm248 mm
Width1-slotQuad-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz747 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s143.4 GB/s

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, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2013 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 231 Watt

R5 240 OEM has an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 362% lower power consumption.

6000 SDI, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 240 OEM and Quadro 6000 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 240 OEM is a desktop card while Quadro 6000 SDI is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
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