A10 PCIe vs Quadro K2000M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking814not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.37no data
Power efficiency3.32no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK107GA102
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date1 June 2012 (12 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$265.27 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3849216
Core clock speed745 MHz885 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate23.84488.2
Floating-point processing power0.5722 TFLOPS31.24 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs32288
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-pin EPS

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s600.2 GB/s
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 outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.2
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2012 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 150 Watt

K2000M has 172.7% lower power consumption.

A10 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K2000M and A10 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K2000M is a mobile workstation card while A10 PCIe is a workstation one.


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