NVIDIA Quadro K4000M vs NVIDIA Quadro K610M

NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

The NVIDIA Quadro K4000M is a high-end, DirectX 11.1 compatible graphics card for mobile workstations. It is a Kepler-based GPU built on the GK104 chip (but using only 960 shader cores) and is manufactured in 28nm at TSMC. The Quadro K4000M is built for the Intel Chief River generation (Ivy Bridge) and is the successor to the Fermi-based Quadro 4000M (Huron River platform).

The Quadro series offers certified drivers that are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications like CAD or DCC. OpenGL performance, for example, should be significantly better than GeForce graphics cards of similar specifications.

Architecture

The Kepler architecture is the successor to the Fermi architecture that first appeared in laptops with the GeForce 400M series. The GK104 Kepler core offers eight shader blocks, called SMX, that are clocked at the same speed as the central core. In the K4000M, 5 blocks are active leading to the 960 CUDA cores. Although more shader cores are available in the Kepler architecture as compared to the Fermi design, the Kepler shaders are still expected to be up to twice as power efficient. However, due to the missing hot clock of the shader domain, two shaders of a Kepler chip offer similar performance to just one shader of a Fermi chip (as the latter is clocked twice as fast).

PCIe 3.0 is now supported by the mobile Kepler series and an optional Turbo mode can automatically overclock the Nvidia card by a theoretical 15 percent if the laptop cooling system allows it. The implementation of this boost mode is done in the BIOS, but it is ultimately dependent upon the manufacturer of the laptop.

Performance

The performance is significantly above the level of the older Quadro 5010M and also beats the GeForce GTX 675M. Therefore, the card will manage both CAD software and demanding 3D games of 2013 in high quality settings.

Features

The improved feature set now includes support for up to 4 active displays. Furthermore, high resolution monitors of up to 3840x2160 pixels can now be connected using DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4a if available. HD-Audio codecs, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, can be transmitted via bitstream mode through the HDMI port. However, as most laptops will feature Optimus, the integrated GPU will likely have direct control over the display ports and may limit the feature set available by the Nvidia Kepler cards.

The 5th generation PureVideo HD video processor (VP5) is also integrated in the GK107 core and offers hardware decoding of HD videos. Common codecs such as MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264 and VC1/WMV9 are fully supported up to 4K resolutions while VC1 and MPEG-4 are supported up to 1080p. Two streams can be decoded in parallel for features such as Picture-in-Picture. Another novelty is the inclusion of a dedicated video encoding engine similar to Intel QuickSync that can be accessed by the NVENC API.

The power consumption of the K4000M is rated at 100 Watt (TGP according to Nvidia) and is therefore suited for large-sized notebooks 17-inches or greater.

NVIDIA Quadro K610M

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The NVIDIA Quadro K610M is a DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.3 compatible graphics card for mobile workstations. It is a Kepler-based GPU built on the GK107 chip with 192 out of 384 shader cores activated and is manufactured in 28nm at TSMC. The Quadro K610M is built for the Intel Shark Bay generation (Haswell) and is a successor to the Quadro K500M (Chief River platform). As a new feature, PCIe 3.0 is supported for the first time. The K610M usually comes with 1 GB GDDR5 VRAM clocked at 650 MHz (2600 MHz effective, 20.8 GB/s).

Architecture

The Kepler architecture is the successor to the Fermi architecture that first appeared in laptops with the GeForce 400M series. The GK107 Kepler core offers two shader blocks, called SMX, that are clocked at the same speed as the central core. In the K610M, only one block is active leading to the 192 CUDA cores. Although more shader cores are available in the Kepler architecture as compared to the Fermi design, the Kepler shaders are still expected to be up to twice as power efficient. However, due to the missing hot clock of the shader domain, two shaders of a Kepler chip offer similar performance to just one shader of a Fermi chip (as the latter is clocked twice as fast).

Performance

The performance is clearly above the old Quadro K500M (which has only DDR3 memory) and similar to the consumer GeForce GT 720M. However, most demanding games of 2013 will run fluently only in low detail settings.

Features

The improved feature set now includes support for up to 4 active displays. Furthermore, high resolution monitors of up to 3840 x 2160 pixels can now be connected using DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4a if available. HD-Audio codecs, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, can be transmitted via bitstream mode through the HDMI port. However, as most laptops will feature Optimus, the integrated GPU will likely have direct control over the display ports and may limit the feature set available by the Nvidia Kepler cards. Please note: The K610M does not supprt 3D Vision Pro.

Using CUDA or OpenCL 1.2, the cores of the Quadro K610M can be used for general calculations.

The 5th generation PureVideo HD video processor (VP5) is also integrated in the GK107 core and offers hardware decoding of HD videos. Common codecs such as MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264 and VC1/WMV9 are fully supported up to 4K resolutions while VC1 and MPEG-4 are supported up to 1080p. Two streams can be decoded in parallel for features such as Picture-in-Picture. Another novelty is the inclusion of a dedicated video encoding engine similar to Intel QuickSync that can be accessed by the NVENC API.

The power consumption of the Quadro K610M is rated at a TGP of 30 W including the board and memory components. Therefore, the card is suited for medium-sized notebooks with 15-inch displays or greater.

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NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

NVIDIA Quadro K610M

Quadro K Series

Quadro K5100M	1536 @ 0.77 GHz	256 Bit @ 3600 MHz
Quadro K5000M	1344 @ 0.71 GHz	256 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K4100M	1152 @ 0.71 GHz	256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K4000M	960 @ 0.6 GHz	256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K3100M	768 @ 0.71 GHz	256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K3000M	576 @ 0.65 GHz	256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K2100M	576 @ 0.67 GHz	128 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K1100M	384 @ 0.71 GHz	128 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K620M	384 @ 1.03 - 1.12 GHz	64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
Quadro K2000M	384 @ 0.75 GHz	128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K1000M	192 @ 0.85 GHz	128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K610M	192 @ 0.95 GHz	64 Bit @ 2600 MHz
Quadro K510M	192 @ 0.85 GHz	64 Bit @ 2400 MHz
Quadro K500M	192 @ 0.85 GHz	64 Bit @ 1800 MHz

Quadro K5100M	1536 @ 0.77 GHz	256 Bit @ 3600 MHz
Quadro K5000M	1344 @ 0.71 GHz	256 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K4100M	1152 @ 0.71 GHz	256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K4000M	960 @ 0.6 GHz	256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K3100M	768 @ 0.71 GHz	256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K3000M	576 @ 0.65 GHz	256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K2100M	576 @ 0.67 GHz	128 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K1100M	384 @ 0.71 GHz	128 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K620M	384 @ 1.03 - 1.12 GHz	64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
Quadro K2000M	384 @ 0.75 GHz	128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K1000M	192 @ 0.85 GHz	128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K610M	192 @ 0.95 GHz	64 Bit @ 2600 MHz
Quadro K510M	192 @ 0.85 GHz	64 Bit @ 2400 MHz
Quadro K500M	192 @ 0.85 GHz	64 Bit @ 1800 MHz

Codename

N14E-Q3

Architecture

Kepler

Pipelines

960 - unified

192 - unified

Core Speed

600 MHz

954 MHz

Memory Speed

2800 MHz

2600 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

64 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Max. Amount of Memory

4 GB

1024 MB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.1

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3

Power Consumption

100 Watt

30 Watt

technology

28 nm

Features

Optimus, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play

Optimus, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, OpenCL 1.2, 3DTV Play

Notebook Size

large

medium sized

Date of Announcement

01.06.2012

23.07.2013

Transistors

1.3 Billion

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.nvidia.de