The Quadro 7000 was an enthusiast-class professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on May 2nd, 2012. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the GF110 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 12. The GF110 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 520 mm² and 3,000 million transistors. It features 512 shading units, 64 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 6 GB GDDR5 memory with the Quadro 7000, which are connected using a 384-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 651 MHz, memory is running at 851 MHz (3.4 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA Quadro 7000 draws power from 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 204 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video. Quadro 7000 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface. The card measures 248 mm in length, 111 mm in width, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 14499 US Dollars.