XGI Volari V5 Ultra vs Quadro K2100M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking725not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.63no data
Power efficiency4.40no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)XG4 (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGK106XG41
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)15 September 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$84.95 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 cores576no data
Core clock speed667 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 million90 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Wattno data
Texture fill rate32.021.400
Floating-point processing power0.7684 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs484

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)AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed752 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.0 GB/s16 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

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

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX129.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2013 15 September 2003
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

K2100M has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K2100M and XGI Volari V5 Ultra. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K2100M is a mobile workstation card while XGI Volari V5 Ultra is a desktop one.


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