Quadro 6000 vs Radeon R7 260X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 6000 and Radeon R7 260X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro 6000 and Radeon R7 260X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  Quadro 6000 Radeon R7 260X
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro 6000 has 77% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 260X.
  • Quadro 6000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 260X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 6000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 260X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 6000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 260X - with GCN 2.0.
  • Quadro 6000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 260X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro 6000 is 78 mm longer, than Radeon R7 260X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 16−18
ultra / 1080p 8−9 9−10
QHD / 1440p 3−4 4−5
low / 720p 27−30 30−35
medium / 1080p 16−18 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 260X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 14% more, than Quadro 6000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 6000 Radeon R7 260X
Architecture Fermi GCN 2.0
Code name GF100 Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 10 December 2010 8 October 2013
Pipelines 448 896
Core clock speed 574 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 32.14 61.60
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops 1,971 gflops
Length 248 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 143.4 GB/s 104 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 91 Mh/s 225 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 5.16 Mh/s
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