NVIDIA Quadro K6000 Benchmark and Specs

NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Released in 2013, the Quadro K6000 is a GPU from NVIDIA. According to our GPU Benchmark, this GPU is an average card for gaming with a score of 1650 points.

The Quadro K6000 has 12 GiB of GDDR5 memory, with a total memory bandwidth of 281 GB/s. The memory bus has a width of 384 bits. More memory is beneficial when gaming at high resolutions as the memory needs to store the frame buffer and all the game textures. If you run out of memory, you will experience poor performance as the GPU needs to swap data in and out of the memory as it is used.

In terms of clock speed, the Quadro K6000 GPU core runs at a frequency of 797 MHz and if power and temperature permits, it can boost up to 902 MHz. The core clock is directly related to the performance of a GPU, the higher the clock, the more processing can be done per second. A higher clock does not guarantee better performance by itself, this also depends on the number of shading units and other elements of the pipeline.

As for rendering API support, the Quadro K6000 supports up to DirectX 11.2. In addition, in cross-platform titles, OpenGL 4.5 features are supported. Higher level APIs such as DirectX 12 give more control to the game developer and can allow them to improve the graphics and performance.

This chip has a Thermal Design Power of 225W: the total amount of waste heat generated. A card that runs hotter will need better cooling and will draw more power from the wall.

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