Quadro K2100M vs FirePro V8700

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	684
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	no data	0.57
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	RV770	GK106
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	11 September 2008 (15 years ago)	23 July 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	$84.95
Current price	$99 (0.1x MSRP)	$208 (2.4x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	800	576
Core clock speed	750 MHz	667 MHz
Number of transistors	956 million	2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	151 Watt	55 Watt
Texture fill rate	30.00	32.02
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops	768.4 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on FirePro V8700 and Quadro K2100M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	254 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data

Memory

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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz	3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB/s	48.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Display Port	no data	1.2

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	no data	+
3D Vision Pro	no data	+
Mosaic	no data	+
nView Display Management	no data	+
Optimus	no data	+

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12
Shader Model	4.1	5
OpenGL	3.3	4.5
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	+
CUDA	no data	+

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	11 September 2008	23 July 2013
Cost	$1499	$84.95
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	151 Watt	55 Watt

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