Quadro RTX 5000 vs Tesla P6

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated96
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data15.03
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP104TU104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date24 March 2017 (7 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,299

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 cores20483072
Core clock speed1012 MHz1620 MHz
Boost clock speed1506 MHz1815 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate192.8348.5
Floating-point processing power6.169 gflops11.15 gflops
ROPs6464
TMUs128192

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthMXM Module2-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6008 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 GB/s448.0 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 outputs4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 March 2017 13 August 2018
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 230 Watt

Tesla P6 has 155.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P6 and Quadro RTX 5000. We've got no test results to judge.


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