NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
VS
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
VS
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
16
0.48
Value for money (0-100)
5.29
Curie
Architecture
Turing
NV43 A2
Code name
TU102
Workstation
Type
Workstation
20 April 2006 (15 years ago)
Release date
13 August 2018 (3 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$6,299
$189
Price now
$5455 (0.9x MSRP)
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Value for money
5.06
NV43 A2
GPU code name
TU102
Workstation
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
4608
360 MHz
Core clock speed
1440 MHz
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Boost Clock
1770 MHz
146 million
Transistor count
18,600 million
110 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
30 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
260 Watt
2.880
Texture fill rate
509.8
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
4608
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Boost clock speed
1770 MHz
146 million
Number of transistors
18,600 million
30 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
260 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
198 mm
Length
267 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR6
128 MB
Maximum RAM amount
24 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
12.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
672.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

9.0c (9_3)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
2.1
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 or NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Cheaper ($189 vs $5455 (0.9x MSRP))

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 260 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (128 MB vs 24 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

89.01% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 110 nm)

More memory bandwidth (672.0 GB/s vs 12.8 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 or NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 .

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 versus NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000