The Quadro M6000 was a professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on March 21st, 2015. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the GM200 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 12. The GM200 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 601 mm² and 8,000 million transistors. It features 3072 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 12 GB GDDR5 memory with the Quadro M6000, which are connected using a 384-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 988 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1114 MHz, memory is running at 1653 MHz (6.6 Gbps effective). Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 draws power from 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 250 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort 1.2. Quadro M6000 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.