Help Me Choose: Graphics Cards for Precision Workstations

The Graphics Card(GPU) is a chipset that’s dedicated to processing visual information for your PC’s display. Selecting the right graphics card is critical to achieve optimal performance from graphics-intensive applications.

Dell Precision Workstations offer Independent Software Vendor (ISV)-certified graphics cards for demanding applications.

Professionals in media and entertainment, architecture and engineering will benefit the most from ISV-certified graphics cards.

Fixed Workstation
Mobile Workstations

Dell Precision™ fixed workstations come standard with discrete graphics cards that support professional 3D OpenGL® and DirectX® graphics. They also meet or exceed the minimum graphics requirements for most leading workstation-class applications.

Be sure to check the minimum and recommended graphics card requirements for the workstation application or applications that will be run on this workstation.

Workstation Usage	Primary Focus	AMD	NVIDIA
Engineering	2D Mechanical CAD	Radeon Pro WX3200	T1000 / Quadro P1000
	Mechanical CAD (MCAD)	Radeon Pro W5500	RTX A4000 / Quadro RTX 4000
	Computer-Aided Engineering / Pre / Post Processing	Radeon Pro W6600	Quadro P2000 / Quadro P2200
	Computer-Aided Engineering / GPU Accelerated	Radeon Pro W6800	RTX A4000 or GV100 / Quadro RTX 4000 or GV100
	Electronic Design Automation (EDA)	Radeon Pro WX3200	T600 / Quadro P620
	Architecture, Engineering and Design (AEC)	Radeon Pro W6600	P2200 / Quadro P2200
	Real Time GPU Accelerated Rendering	Radeon Pro W6800	RTX A5000 / Quadro RTX 5000
	Mechanical Computer Aided Manufacturing (MCAM)	Radeon Pro WX3200	T1000 / Quadro P1000
Media and entertainment	3D Character Creation, Animation and Rendering	Radeon Pro W6600	RTX A5000 / Quadro RTX 5000
	Game Development Content Creation	Radeon Pro W5500	RTX A5000 / Quadro RTX 5000
	Film and Video Editing, Multimedia DVD/Blu-ray Authoring	Radeon Pro W6800	RTX A4000 / Quadro RTX 4000
	Broadcast and Post Production	Radeon Pro W5700	RTX A4000 / Quadro RTX 4000
	Image Editing and Prepress Page Design	Radeon Pro W5500	Quadro P2000 / Quadro P2200
	Real Time GPU Accelerated Rendering	Radeon Pro W6800	RTX A6000 / Quadro RTX 6000
	Professional Audio Production	Radeon Pro W5500	T600 / Quadro P620
Exploration and scientific	Geosciences (Petroleum Exploration and Management)	Radeon Pro W6800	RTX A6000 / Quadro RTX 6000
	Geographic Information Systems	Radeon Pro WX3200	RTX A4000 / Quadro RTX 4000
	Medical Imaging and Analysis	Radeon Pro W6600	RTX A5000 / Quadro RTX 5000
	Visual Simulation	Radeon Pro W6800	RTX A4000 / Quadro RTX 4000
	Testing	Radeon Pro WX3200	T600 / Quadro P620
Economic and financial modeling	Trading Station	Radeon Pro W6800	T600 / Quadro P620 (multiple for more displays)
Software development	Microsoft® Visual Studio or C++	Radeon Pro WX3200	T600 / Quadro P620
	Intel® Parallel Studio or Intel Compiler	Radeon Pro WX3200	T600 / Quadro P620
	Eclipse (Java™) (Linux®)	Radeon Pro WX3200	T600 / Quadro P620

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NVIDIA Quadro® Graphics Cards

Performance	High-end 3D & compute	High-end 3D & compute	High-end 3D & compute	High-end 3D & compute	High-end 3D & compute	Mid-Range 3D	Mid-Range 3D	Mid-Range 3D	Entry 3D	Entry 3D	Entry 3D
Graphics card	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®
	RTX8000	RTX6000	RTX5000	P6000	P5000	RTX4000	P4000	P2200	P2000	P1000	P620
PCIe slot width	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Memory (GDDR5)	48GB GDDR6	24GB GDDR6	16GB GDDR6	24GB GDDR5X	8GB	8GB GDDR6	8GB	5GB GDDR5	5GB	4GB	2GB
Max Resolution (# of DisplayPorts used)	4x 3840 x 2160 @ 120 Hz, 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz, 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	4x 4096x2160 @ 120 Hz, 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz, 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	4x 4096x2160 @ 120 Hz, 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz, 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP)	7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP)	4x 3840x2160 @ 120 Hz 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP)	4x 4096x2160 @ 120Hz 4x 5120x2880 @ 60Hz	7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP)	7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP)	5120x2880 24bpp @ 60hz
Video connectors	4 Display Port 1 USB-C	4 Display Port 1 USB-C	4 Display Port 1 USB-C	1 Dual Link DVI-I 4 Display Port 1 Stereo (optional) SYNC connector	1 Dual Link DVI-I 4 Display Port 1 Stereo (optional) SYNC connector	3 Display Port 1 USB-C	4 Display Port 1 Stereo (optional)	4 Display Port	4 Display Port	4 mini Display Port	4 mini Display Port
Est. max power	295W	295W	265W	250W	180W	160W	120W	75W	75W	47W	40W

Radeon Pro Graphics Cards

Performance	High-end 3D & compute	Mid-Range 3D	Mid-Range 3D	Mid-Range 3D	Mid-Range 3D
Graphics card	AMD	AMD	AMD	AMD	AMD
	Radeon Pro™	Radeon Pro™	Radeon Pro™	Radeon Pro™	Radeon Pro™
	W6800	W6600	W5700	W5500	WX3200
PCIe slot width	2	1	2	1	1
Memory (GDDR5)	32GB GDDR6 w/ ECC Support	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6	4GB GDDR5
Max Resolution (# of DisplayPorts used)	6x 1920X1080 @ 240 Hz 6x 3840x2160 @ 60 Hz 6x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	4x 1920X1080 @ 240Hz 4x 3840x2160 @60 Hz 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz 1x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	6x 1920X1080 @ 240Hz 6x 3840x2160 @ 60Hz 3x 3840x2160 @ 120Hz 3x 5120x2880 @ 60Hz 3x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	4x 1920x1080 @ 240Hz 4x 3840x2160 @ 60Hz 2x 3840x2160 @ 120 Hz 2x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	4 x 1920x1080 @ 120 Hz 4 x 3840x2160 @ 60 Hz 1 x 3840x2160 @ 120 Hz 2 x 5120x2880 @ 60 HZ 1 x 7680x4320 @ 60 HZ
Video connectors	6 mDP Ports	4 Display Ports	5 mDP & 1 USB-C Ports	4 Display Port	4 mini Display Port
Est. max power	250W	130W	205W	125W	50W

Precision Mobile Workstation Graphics

Dell Precision™ mobile workstations come standard with discrete graphics cards that support professional 3D OpenGL® and DirectX® graphics. They also meet or exceed the minimum graphics requirements for most leading workstation-class applications.

Be sure to check the minimum and recommended graphics card requirements for the workstation application or applications that will be run on this workstation.

Workstation Usage	Primary Focus	NVIDIA
Engineering	2D Mechanical CAD	T1000
	Mechanical CAD (MCAD)	RTX A3000
	Computer-Aided Engineering / Pre / Post Processing	T2000
	Computer-Aided Engineering / GPU Accelerated	RTX A4000
	Electronic Design Automation (EDA)	T600
	Architecture, Engineering and Design (AEC)	T2000
	Real Time GPU Accelerated Rendering	RTX A5000
	Mechanical Computer Aided Manufacturing (MCAM)	T1000
Media and entertainment	3D Character Creation, Animation and Rendering	RTX A5000
	Game Development Content Creation	RTX A5000
	Film and Video Editing, Multimedia DVD/Blu-ray Authoring	RTX A4000
	Broadcast and Post Production	RTX A4000
	Image Editing and Prepress Page Design	T1000
	Real Time GPU Accelerated Rendering	RTX A5000
	Professional Audio Production	T600
Exploration and scientific	Geosciences (Petroleum Exploration and Management)	RTX A5000
	Geographic Information Systems	RTX A4000
	Medical Imaging and Analysis	RTX A5000
	Visual Simulation	RTX A5000
	Testing	T600
Economic and financial modeling	Trading Station	T1000
Software development	Microsoft® Visual Studio or C++	T600
	Intel® Parallel Studio or Intel Compiler	T600
	Eclipse (Java™) (Linux®)	T600

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NVIDIA Quadro® Graphics Cards

Performance	High-end 3D & compute	High-end 3D & compute	High-end 3D & compute	High-end 3D & compute	High-end 3D & compute	Mid-Range 3D	Mid-Range 3D	Mid-Range 3D	Entry 3D	Entry 3D	Entry 3D
Graphics card	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®	Quadro®
	RTX8000	RTX6000	RTX5000	P6000	P5000	RTX4000	P4000	P2200	P2000	P1000	P620
PCIe slot width	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Memory (GDDR5)	48GB GDDR6	24GB GDDR6	16GB GDDR6	24GB GDDR5X	8GB	8GB GDDR6	8GB	5GB GDDR5	5GB	4GB	2GB
Max Resolution (# of DisplayPorts used)	4x 3840 x 2160 @ 120 Hz, 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz, 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	4x 4096x2160 @ 120 Hz, 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz, 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	4x 4096x2160 @ 120 Hz, 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz, 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP)	7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP)	4x 3840x2160 @ 120 Hz 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz	7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP)	4x 4096x2160 @ 120Hz 4x 5120x2880 @ 60Hz	7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP)	7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP)	5120x2880 24bpp @ 60hz
Video connectors	4 Display Port 1 USB-C	4 Display Port 1 USB-C	4 Display Port 1 USB-C	1 Dual Link DVI-I 4 Display Port 1 Stereo (optional) SYNC connector	1 Dual Link DVI-I 4 Display Port 1 Stereo (optional) SYNC connector	3 Display Port 1 USB-C	4 Display Port 1 Stereo (optional)	4 Display Port	4 Display Port	4 mini Display Port	4 mini Display Port
Est. max power	295W	295W	265W	250W	180W	160W	120W	75W	75W	47W	40W

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