HD Graphics (Skylake) vs Quadro K1000M

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking843not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.15no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)
GPU code nameN14P-Q1Skylake GT1
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date1 June 2012 (12 years ago)1 September 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119.90 no data
Current price$232 (1.9x MSRP)$390

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores19212
Core clock speed850 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data800 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate13.60no data
Floating-point performance326.4 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K1000M and HD Graphics (Skylake) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)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 typeDDR3DDR3L/LPDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+no data
Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+no data
CUDA+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2012 1 September 2015
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

We couldn't decide between Quadro K1000M and HD Graphics (Skylake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K1000M is a mobile workstation card while HD Graphics (Skylake) is a mobile workstation one.


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