Quadro K200M vs FirePro W9100
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 280 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.98 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Hawaii | GK107 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 26 March 2014 (10 years ago) | 22 August 2014 (10 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 | 2816 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 930 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 1,270 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 750 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 163.7 | 13.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.238 TFLOPS | 0.3264 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 8 |
| TMUs | 176 | 16 |
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).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-A (3.0) |
| Length | 275 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 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 | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 12.8 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
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 | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
| StereoOutput3D | + | - |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
| HD сomponent video output | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 March 2014 | 22 August 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 1 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 750 Watt | 35 Watt |
FirePro W9100 has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount.
Quadro K200M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 2042.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro W9100 and Quadro K200M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro W9100 is a workstation card while Quadro K200M is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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