Quadro K6000 SDI vs Tesla P40

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking183not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.44no data
Power efficiency8.36no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGP102GK110
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 September 2016 (8 years ago)23 July 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,699 $8,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores38402880
Core clock speed1303 MHz902 MHz
Boost clock speed1531 MHzno data
Number of transistors11,800 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt239 Watt
Texture fill rate367.4216.5
Floating-point processing power11.76 TFLOPS5.196 TFLOPS
ROPs9648
TMUs240240

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount24 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1808 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth347.1 GB/s288.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.75.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.1.126
CUDA6.13.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2016 23 July 2013
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 239 Watt

Tesla P40 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

K6000 SDI, on the other hand, has 4.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P40 and Quadro K6000 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.


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