Quadro K2100M vs K1200

Place in performance ranking	497	688
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.97	0.58
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GM107	GK106
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	28 January 2015 (9 years ago)	23 July 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$321.97	$84.95
Current price	$124 (0.4x MSRP)	$208 (2.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K1200 has 757% better value for money than K2100M.

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 cores	512	576
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	667 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	55 Watt
Texture fill rate	35.97	32.02
Floating-point performance	1,151 gflops	768.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K1200 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	160 mm	no data
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	no data
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	128 Bit	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 80 GB/s	48.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	mDP mDP mDP mDP	No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
Display Port	no data	1.2

Supported technologies

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

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12
Shader Model	5	5
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	+
CUDA	5.0	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro K1200 7.56
+115%

K2100M 3.51

K1200 outperforms K2100M by 115% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro K1200 2924
+115%

K2100M 1357

K1200 outperforms K2100M by 115% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Quadro K1200 8739
+94.5%

K2100M 4492

K1200 outperforms K2100M by 95% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro K1200 7848
+92.3%

K2100M 4082

K1200 outperforms K2100M by 92% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro K1200 9073
+200%

K2100M 3028

K1200 outperforms K2100M by 200% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro K1200 26
+136%

K2100M 11

K1200 outperforms K2100M by 136% in Octane Render OctaneBench.