NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs NVIDIA Quadro P6000 Comparison

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA Quadro P6000 records an average benchmark score of 69,986, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti records 49,957. The Quadro P6000 sits near the 90th percentile of all GPUs in the database, whereas the RTX 5070 Ti sits at the 86th percentile.

Q: How do the two cards compare in Geekbench OpenCL performance?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti scores 212,363 in Geekbench OpenCL, which is 68.7% higher than the Quadro P6000's 66,382. That is the largest single-benchmark gap between the two cards in the recorded data.

Q: What are the nearest rivals for each card according to the database?

A: The Quadro P6000's closest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 (0.2% higher average score), the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile (0.2% lower), and the AMD Radeon RX 6600 LE (1.2% lower). The RTX 5070 Ti's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (0.1% lower), the Intel Arc A550M (0.4% higher), and the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (2% higher).

Q: Which card has the higher memory bandwidth?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti has 896.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, more than double the Quadro P6000's 432.8 GB/s. The RTX 5070 Ti uses 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus, while the Quadro P6000 uses 24 GB of GDDR5X on a 384-bit bus.

Q: What are the production statuses of these two cards?

A: The Quadro P6000 is listed as end-of-life, having been released in 2016, while the RTX 5070 Ti is listed as active, with a release date in 2025.

Q: Which card has the higher transistor count?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti has 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, while the Quadro P6000 has 11,800 million transistors on a 471 mm² die. The RTX 5070 Ti's transistor density is 120.6M per mm² versus 25.1M per mm² for the Quadro P6000.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from entirely different NVIDIA architecture families. The Quadro P6000 uses the GP102 chip built on the Pascal architecture, fabricated on a 16 nm process at TSMC. It belongs to the Quadro Pascal generation, the successor to Quadro Maxwell and the predecessor to Quadro Volta. The RTX 5070 Ti uses the GB203 chip built on Blackwell 2.0, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It belongs to the GeForce 50-series, following the GeForce 40 and preceding the GeForce 60.

The manufacturing differences are substantial. The Quadro P6000 packs 11,800 million transistors onto a 471 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 25.1 million transistors per square millimeter. The RTX 5070 Ti crams 45,600 million transistors onto a smaller 378 mm² die, resulting in a density of 120.6 million transistors per square millimeter. That means the newer card fits nearly four times as many transistors into roughly 80% of the silicon area.

The compute architectures diverge sharply. The Quadro P6000 has no dedicated ray tracing cores and no tensor cores, as Pascal predates both. The RTX 5070 Ti includes 70 ray tracing cores and 280 tensor cores. Shader organization also differs: the Quadro P6000 has 3,840 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs. The RTX 5070 Ti has 8,960 shading units, 280 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs. The shading unit count is the most dramatic gap, with the newer card offering roughly 2.3 times as many.

Memory architecture differs as well. The Quadro P6000 uses 24 GB of GDDR5X on a 384-bit bus with a 1127 MHz memory clock and 9 Gbps effective speed. The RTX 5070 Ti uses 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus with a 1750 MHz memory clock and 28 Gbps effective speed. Despite the narrower bus, the newer memory type and higher clock rate give the RTX 5070 Ti more than double the bandwidth.

The PCIe interface also separates the two. The Quadro P6000 uses PCIe 3.0 x16, while the RTX 5070 Ti uses PCIe 5.0 x16. API support follows the generational split: the Quadro P6000 supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, while the RTX 5070 Ti supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The power delivery differs too, with the Quadro P6000 using a single 8-pin connector and the RTX 5070 Ti using a single 16-pin connector.

Where Each One Wins

The Quadro P6000 wins in overall average benchmark score despite losing both head-to-head tests. Its 69,986 average places it in the 90th percentile of all GPUs, which is higher than the RTX 5070 Ti's 86th percentile and 49,957 average. The data shows the Quadro P6000's nearest rivals sit very close to it: the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 is only 0.2% higher, and the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile is only 0.2% lower. This suggests the Quadro P6000 sits in a narrow band of performance where small differences separate adjacent cards.

The RTX 5070 Ti wins decisively in the two recorded head-to-head benchmarks. In Geekbench OpenCL, it scores 212,363 versus 66,382, a 68.7% advantage. In Geekbench Vulkan, it scores 225,122 versus 73,590, a 67.3% advantage. The RTX 5070 Ti also has a much larger set of recorded benchmarks, including 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 at 6,604, Passmark G3D at 32,974, and Passmark GPU Compute at 20,203, while the Quadro P6000 only has the two Geekbench entries.

The use-case split is clear from the data. For raw compute performance in OpenCL and Vulkan workloads, the RTX 5070 Ti is overwhelmingly faster. For users who rely on the average benchmark score as a summary metric, the Quadro P6000 appears stronger because its two recorded scores are both high and consistent, whereas the RTX 5070 Ti's average is dragged down by low individual test results like Passmark DirectX 9 at 351, Passmark DirectX 11 at 300, Passmark DirectX 10 at 192, and Passmark DirectX 12 at 127. Those low-passmark scores pull the average down even though the Geekbench scores are far higher than the Quadro P6000's.

The Quadro P6000 also leads in memory capacity at 24 GB versus 16 GB, which could matter for workloads that need to hold large datasets on the GPU. However, the RTX 5070 Ti's bandwidth advantage at 896.0 GB/s versus 432.8 GB/s means it can move data much faster once it is in memory.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every specification category. The process node drops from 16 nm to 5 nm, and the transistor count rises from 11,800 million to 45,600 million. The die size shrinks from 471 mm² to 378 mm², while transistor density climbs from 25.1M per mm² to 120.6M per mm².

Clock speeds differ significantly. The Quadro P6000 has a base clock of 1506 MHz and a boost clock of 1645 MHz. The RTX 5070 Ti has a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2452 MHz. Memory clocks are also far apart: 1127 MHz with 9 Gbps effective on the Quadro P6000 versus 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective on the RTX 5070 Ti.

Compute throughput numbers show the scale of change. The Quadro P6000 delivers 12.63 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 197.4 GFLOPS of FP16 performance at a 1:64 ratio. The RTX 5070 Ti delivers 43.94 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 43.94 TFLOPS of FP16 performance at a 1:1 ratio. Pixel rate rises from 157.9 GPixel/s to 235.4 GPixel/s, and texture rate rises from 394.8 GTexel/s to 686.6 GTexel/s.

Memory systems differ completely. The Quadro P6000 has 24 GB of GDDR5X on a 384-bit bus with 432.8 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 5070 Ti has 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus with 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Quadro P6000 has 3,840 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 96 ROPs, while the RTX 5070 Ti has 8,960 shading units, 280 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The RTX 5070 Ti adds 70 ray tracing cores and 280 tensor cores, neither of which exist on the Quadro P6000.

Power and physical dimensions differ as well. The Quadro P6000 has a TDP of 250 W and a suggested PSU of 600 W, while the RTX 5070 Ti has a TDP of 300 W and a suggested PSU of 700 W. Both are dual-slot cards, but the Quadro P6000 is 267 mm long and 111 mm tall, while the RTX 5070 Ti is 304 mm long, 137 mm tall, and 48 mm wide. Display outputs shift from 1x DVI and 4x DisplayPort 1.4a on the Quadro P6000 to 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b on the RTX 5070 Ti. The bus interface moves from PCIe 3.0 x16 to PCIe 5.0 x16. The Quadro P6000 was released in 2016 and is end-of-life, while the RTX 5070 Ti was released in 2025 and is active. The launch MSRP is 5,999 USD for the Quadro P6000 and 749 USD for the RTX 5070 Ti.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two direct head-to-head benchmark comparisons between these two cards. Both are Geekbench tests, and the RTX 5070 Ti wins both. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 5070 Ti scores 212,363 against the Quadro P6000's 66,382, a delta of 68.7% in favor of the newer card. In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 5070 Ti scores 225,122 against the Quadro P6000's 73,590, a delta of 67.3%. The Quadro P6000 has zero wins in the head-to-head comparison, while the RTX 5070 Ti has two.

The magnitude of these gaps is large. A 68.7% advantage in OpenCL and a 67.3% advantage in Vulkan means the RTX 5070 Ti more than triples the Quadro P6000's scores in both tests. The Quadro P6000's scores of 66,382 and 73,590 are substantial on their own, but the RTX 5070 Ti's corresponding scores of 212,363 and 225,122 put them in a different performance class.

The average benchmark scores tell a different story. The Quadro P6000's average of 69,986 is higher than the RTX 5070 Ti's 49,957. That discrepancy exists because the RTX 5070 Ti has ten recorded benchmarks, including several low Passmark scores, while the Quadro P6000 has only two high Geekbench scores. The RTX 5070 Ti's Passmark DirectX 12 score of 127 and DirectX 10 score of 192 are particularly low relative to its Geekbench results. The database's percentile rankings reflect this: the Quadro P6000 sits at the 90th percentile of all GPUs, while the RTX 5070 Ti sits at the 86th percentile.

Looking at the nearest rivals for each card adds context. The Quadro P6000's closest competitor, the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200, scores 69,870, just 0.2% above the Quadro P6000. The NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile scores 70,140, also 0.2% above. The RTX 5070 Ti's closest competitor, the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64, scores 50,001, just 0.1% below. The Intel Arc A550M scores 49,737, 0.4% above, and the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT scores 50,951, 2% above. These rival bands show that each card is tightly grouped with its own peers, but the two cards themselves occupy very different positions in the database.

The Verdict

The data points to the RTX 5070 Ti as the stronger compute performer. It wins both head-to-head benchmarks by margins of roughly 68%, with a Geekbench OpenCL score of 212,363 versus 66,382 and a Geekbench Vulkan score of 225,122 versus 73,590. It also delivers more than double the memory bandwidth at 896.0 GB/s versus 432.8 GB/s, has more than twice the shading units at 8,960 versus 3,840, and includes ray tracing and tensor cores that the Quadro P6000 lacks entirely. For OpenCL and Vulkan workloads, the recorded data shows no contest.

The Quadro P6000's case rests on its average benchmark score and its memory capacity. Its 69,986 average is higher than the RTX 5070 Ti's 49,957, and its 90th percentile ranking beats the RTX 5070 Ti's 86th. It also holds 24 GB of memory versus 16 GB, which could be useful for workloads that need large memory footprints. However, the RTX 5070 Ti's much higher individual Geekbench scores suggest the Quadro P6000's average advantage comes from having fewer, higher-scoring benchmarks rather than from being faster in any shared test.

Users who prioritize the summary average score and memory capacity may find the Quadro P6000 attractive, especially given its position among rivals like the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 and NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile. Users who prioritize raw compute performance in OpenCL and Vulkan, along with modern features like ray tracing and tensor cores, should look to the RTX 5070 Ti. The data shows that in every direct comparison recorded, the RTX 5070 Ti is the faster card, and by a wide margin.