NVIDIA Quadro M6000 Graphics Cards Shown At GTC 2015

Over the weekend we told you that Canadian music producer Deadmau5 published a picture on his Instagram account showing off not one, but two NVIDIA Quadro M6000 graphics cards that he was using to create Ultra HD visual effects for his upcoming tour. Well, the cards are officially released and we stopped by the PNY booth at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference today and got to take a look at the Quadro M6000 in person.

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 is very similar to the GeForce GTX Titan X and is powered by a GM200 GPU with 3072 CUDA cores and 12GB of GDDR5 memory. The base clock is running at 988MHz, which is slightly lower than the 1000MHz base clock on the Titan X. The 12GB of memory runs on a 384-bit bus at 6.6Ghz and that is good for 317 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The lower clock speeds means that the card needs less power and is rated at 225W TDP and not 250W like the Titan X.

This means the Quadro M6000 can get away with just one 8-pin PCIe power connector (150W from the 8-pin and 75W from the PCIe x16 slot) for normal operation. Interestingly we discovered that the 8-pin PCIe power connector is located at the end of the card, which is the only external power connector not being used on the Titan X. The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 also sports a nice looking backplate, which is something the NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X could not do since it has a higher overall TDP.

When it comes to display outputs you’ll find the same connectors as a Titan X, which would be a single dual-link DVI and fourDisplayPort 1.2 outputs.

No word on when this card will be available to purchase, but the employees working the show floor believe it will be around $4500. If we find out more information at GTC 2015 about the Quadro M6000 we’ll be sure to update this news post!