The Quadro M6000 24 GB was an enthusiast-class professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on March 5th, 2016. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the GM200 graphics processor, in its GM200-880-A1 variant, 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 24 GB GDDR5 memory with the Quadro M6000 24 GB, 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 24 GB 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 24 GB 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 4999 US Dollars.