The Quadro K6000 was an enthusiast-class professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on July 23rd, 2013. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the GK110B graphics processor, in its GK110-890-B1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12. The GK110B graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 561 mm² and 7,080 million transistors. It features 2880 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 12 GB GDDR5 memory with the Quadro K6000, which are connected using a 384-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 797 MHz, which can be boosted up to 902 MHz, memory is running at 1502 MHz (6 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA Quadro K6000 draws power from 2x 6-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 225 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1.2. Quadro K6000 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 267 mm in length, 111 mm in width, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 5265 US Dollars.