P500 vs K2100M

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Combined performance score

K2100M
3.51

P500 outperforms K2100M by 20% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking681639
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.562.61
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGK106GP108
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date23 July 2013 (10 years old)14 November 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$84.95 no data
Current price$208 (2.4x MSRP)$300
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P500 has 366% better value for money than K2100M.

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 cores576256
Core clock speed667 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1519 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate32.0221.25
Floating-point performance768.4 gflops679.9 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro K2100M and Quadro P500 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 sizedlarge
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed3000 MHz5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.0 GB/s32.1 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs3x mini-DisplayPort
Display Port1.2no data

Technologies

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

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

API support

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

DirectX1212.1
Shader Model55.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.0.1
CUDA+6.1

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.

K2100M 3.51
Quadro P500 4.22
+20.2%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 20% in our combined 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%

K2100M 1362
Quadro P500 1636
+20.1%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 20% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

K2100M 2394
Quadro P500 3022
+26.3%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 26% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

K2100M 1606
Quadro P500 2255
+40.4%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 40% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

K2100M 11835
Quadro P500 12868
+8.7%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 9% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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%

K2100M 4450
Quadro P500 6163
+38.5%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 38% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

K2100M 3028
Quadro P500 6438
+113%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 113% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

K2100M 18
+25.4%
Quadro P500 14

K2100M outperforms P500 by 25% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

K2100M 32
Quadro P500 35
+9.5%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 9% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

K2100M 21
Quadro P500 26
+25.4%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 25% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

K2100M 21
Quadro P500 27
+33.7%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 34% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

K2100M 20
Quadro P500 26
+31.2%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 31% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

K2100M 11
Quadro P500 12
+17%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 17% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

K2100M 0
Quadro P500 0
+33.3%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 33% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

Benchmark coverage: 2%

K2100M 11
Quadro P500 12
+17%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 17% in SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase.

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Benchmark coverage: 2%

K2100M 18
+25.4%
Quadro P500 14

K2100M outperforms P500 by 25% in SPECviewperf 12 - Maya.

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

Benchmark coverage: 2%

K2100M 21
Quadro P500 27
+33.7%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 34% in SPECviewperf 12 - Catia.

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

Benchmark coverage: 2%

K2100M 32
Quadro P500 35
+9.5%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 9% in SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks.

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

Benchmark coverage: 2%

K2100M 21
Quadro P500 26
+25.4%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 25% in SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX.

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

Benchmark coverage: 2%

K2100M 20
Quadro P500 26
+31.2%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 31% in SPECviewperf 12 - Creo.

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

Benchmark coverage: 2%

K2100M 0.3
Quadro P500 0.4
+33.3%

P500 outperforms K2100M by 33% in SPECviewperf 12 - Energy.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD24
+20%
20
−20%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−15.4%
14−16
+15.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−133%
14
+133%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−30%
12−14
+30%
Hitman 3 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−15.4%
14−16
+15.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−100%
12
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−30%
12−14
+30%
Hitman 3 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9
−55.6%
14
+55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−33.3%
8
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−30%
12−14
+30%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+0%
8
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 2−3

This is how K2100M and Quadro P500 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • K2100M is 20% faster than Quadro P500

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Quadro P500 is 200% faster than the K2100M.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Quadro P500 is ahead in 44 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 14 tests (24%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.51 4.22
Recency 23 July 2013 14 November 2017
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 18 Watt

The Quadro P500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K2100M in performance tests.


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