GeForce GTX 490 vs Quadro K2200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking470not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.00no data
Power efficiency9.37no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGM107GF100
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date22 July 2014 (10 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$395.75 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 cores640480
Core clock speed1046 MHz608 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)68 Watt365 Watt
Texture fill rate44.9636.48
Floating-point processing power1.439 TFLOPS1.166 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs4060

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length202 mm279 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz854 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s164.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA5.02.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 68 Watt 365 Watt

Quadro K2200 has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 436.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K2200 and GeForce GTX 490. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K2200 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 490 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K2200
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