GeForce 940M vs Quadro K2000

Place in performance ranking	652	748
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.31	0.13
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	GK107	N16S-GT-S/B
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 March 2013 (11 years ago)	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data
Current price	$550 (0.9x MSRP)	$879

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K2000 has 138% better value for money than GeForce 940M.

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	384	384
Core clock speed	954 MHz	1072 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1176 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	51 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	30.53	28.22
Floating-point performance	732.7 gflops	903.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K2000 and GeForce 940M 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
Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	202 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	14.4 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

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost	no data	2.0
Optimus	no data	+
GameWorks	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	3.0	+

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 K2000 4.08
+40.7%

GeForce 940M 2.90

Quadro K2000 outperforms GeForce 940M by 41% based on our aggregate 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 K2000 1577
+40.7%

GeForce 940M 1121

Quadro K2000 outperforms GeForce 940M by 41% 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 K2000 3933

GeForce 940M 5807
+47.6%

GeForce 940M outperforms Quadro K2000 by 48% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro K2000 4076

GeForce 940M 4909
+20.4%

GeForce 940M outperforms Quadro K2000 by 20% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro K2000 3055

GeForce 940M 5882
+92.5%

GeForce 940M outperforms Quadro K2000 by 93% 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 K2000 12
+9.1%

GeForce 940M 11

Quadro K2000 outperforms GeForce 940M by 9% in Octane Render OctaneBench.