Quadro K2000M Embedded vs GeForce MX450 12W
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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 | Turing (2018−2022) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | TU117S | EXK107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 15 August 2020 (5 years ago) | 22 March 2012 (14 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 | 896 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | 835 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 930 MHz | 1058 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,700 million | 1,270 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 52.08 | 33.86 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.667 TFLOPS | 0.8125 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 56 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 896 KB | 32 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 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 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/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 | Portable Device Dependent | 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 | 6.7 (6.4) | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 August 2020 | 22 March 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 45 Watt |
MX450 12W has an age advantage of 8 years, a 133% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce MX450 12W and Quadro K2000M Embedded. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce MX450 12W is a notebook graphics card while Quadro K2000M Embedded is a mobile workstation one.
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