Quadro K2000M Embedded vs Arctic Sound-M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.5 (2021−2023) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Arctic Sound | EXK107 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 2022 (3 years ago) | 22 March 2012 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 8192 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 835 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1058 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 1,270 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 230.4 | 33.86 |
| Floating-point processing power | 14.75 TFLOPS | 0.8125 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 128 | 16 |
| TMUs | 256 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
| L2 Cache | 8 MB | 256 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 8-pin EPS | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | HBM2e | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.23 TB/s | 57.6 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 11.0 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 45 Watt |
Arctic Sound-M has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
K2000M Embedded, on the other hand, has 1011.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Arctic Sound-M and Quadro K2000M Embedded. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Arctic Sound-M is a workstation graphics card while Quadro K2000M Embedded is a mobile workstation one.
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