K2000 vs FX 3700

Place in performance ranking	1072	648
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.02	0.30
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	G92	GK107
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	8 January 2008 (16 years old)	1 March 2013 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$599
Current price	$256 (0.2x MSRP)	$550 (0.9x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K2000 has 1400% better value for money than FX 3700.

Technical specs

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	112	384
Core clock speed	500 MHz	954 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	78 Watt	51 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	30.53
Floating-point performance	280 gflops	732.7 gflops

Size and 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 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	202 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

Memory

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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	64 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

API support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	+
CUDA	1.1	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.

FX 3700 0.97

Quadro K2000 4.07
+320%

K2000 outperforms FX 3700 by 320% 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%

FX 3700 377

Quadro K2000 1577
+318%

K2000 outperforms FX 3700 by 318% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	0.97	4.07
Recency	8 January 2008	1 March 2013
Cost	$1599	$599
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	78 Watt	51 Watt