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NVIDIA Quadro K2000M

NVIDIA Quadro K2000M

The NVIDIA Quadro K2000M (or K2100M due to an internal code name) is a mid-range, DirectX 11.1-compatible graphics card for mobile workstations. It is a Kepler-based GPU built using the GK107 chip and is manufactured in 28nm at TSMC.

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 GK107 Kepler core offers two shader blocks, called SMX, each with 192 shaders for a total of 384 shader cores that are clocked at the same speed as the central core. 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 are about as fast as 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

Depending on the clock speeds,  the gaming performance should be similar or slower than the consumer GeForce GT 650M equipped with DDR3 graphics memory. Games of 2012 will run fluently on medium or high 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 K2000M is rated at 55 Watt (TGP according to Nvidia) and therefore suited for medium-sized notebooks of 15-inches or greater.

Quadro K Series

Quadro K5100M compare 1536 @ 0.77 GHz256 Bit @ 3600 MHz
Quadro K5000M compare 1344 @ 0.71 GHz256 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K4100M compare 1152 @ 0.71 GHz256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K4000M compare 960 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K3100M compare 768 @ 0.71 GHz256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K3000M compare 576 @ 0.65 GHz256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K2100M compare 576 @ 0.67 GHz128 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K1100M compare 384 @ 0.71 GHz128 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K620M compare 384 @ 1.03 - 1.12 GHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
Quadro K2000M 384 @ 0.75 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K1000M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K610M compare 192 @ 0.95 GHz64 Bit @ 2600 MHz
Quadro K510M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz64 Bit @ 2400 MHz
Quadro K500M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameN14P-Q3
ArchitectureKepler
Pipelines384 - unified
Core Speed745 MHz
Memory Speed1800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.1
Power Consumption55 Watt
technology28 nm
FeaturesOptimus, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement01.06.2012
InformationMXM 3.0a

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
0.5 pt (1%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 6073     avg: 10830     median: 11991 (16%)     max: 12064 Points
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
min: 24.67     avg: 25     median: 24.8 (15%)     max: 25.63 fps
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 27.98     avg: 28.7     median: 28.7 (16%)     max: 29.46 fps
specvp11 sw-02 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
min: 31.09     avg: 33.7     median: 34.1 (26%)     max: 35.59 fps
specvp11 proe-05 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
min: 11.4     avg: 13.3     median: 13.3 (16%)     max: 14.98 fps
specvp11 maya-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 43.41     avg: 46.1     median: 46.7 (35%)     max: 47.58 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 39.28     avg: 43.9     median: 45 (48%)     max: 46.35 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 +
specvp11 catia-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
min: 28.54     avg: 32.3     median: 33.5 (18%)     max: 33.54 fps
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

GRID 2

GRID 2

2013
low 1024x768
131.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
85.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
58.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
84.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
46.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
39.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
100.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
54.1  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
33.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
51.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
35.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
22.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
F1 2012

F1 2012

2012
low 1024x768
142  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
103  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
85  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
41  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Torchlight 2

Torchlight 2

2012
low 1024x768
109  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
97  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
86  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
231.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
165.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
112.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
63.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
89.3 89.3 ~ 89 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
66 66.1 ~ 66 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
24.8 24.9 ~ 25 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
6.2 6.3 ~ 6 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
90 108 ~ 99 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
77 78.1 ~ 78 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
34.5 46 ~ 40 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
16.5 17 ~ 17 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
136.1 141 ~ 139 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
86 92.4 ~ 89 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
72 81.6 ~ 77 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
40 48.6 ~ 44 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Alan Wake

Alan Wake

2012
low 1024x768
42  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
25  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
123.1 124 ~ 124 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
51.8 54 ~ 53 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
31.9 36 ~ 34 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
15.9 18 ~ 17 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
med. 1366x768
46  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
33  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
51.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
35.2  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
28.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
115  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
83  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
46  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
F1 2011

F1 2011

2011
low 800x600
141  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
106  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
60  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
116  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
76  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
25  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Dirt 3

Dirt 3

2011
low 800x600
222  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
105  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
67  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Total War: Shogun 2

Total War: Shogun 2

2011
low 1024x768
190.8 192 ~ 191 fps    + Compare
med. 1280x720
35 39.1 ~ 37 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11.5 14.5 ~ 13 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
184  fps    + Compare
med. 1360x768
67  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
48  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
29  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
low 1024x768
312 321 ~ 317 fps    + Compare
ultra 1280x1024
46 48 ~ 47 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Sims 3

Sims 3

2009
low 800x600
541  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
187  fps    + Compare
high 1280x1024
83  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
low 800x600
238  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
186  fps    + Compare
high 1280x1024
73  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
GRID 2131.885.558.913.3
BioShock Infinite84.846.739.810.9
Tomb Raider100.354.133.614.4
Hitman: Absolution51.535.422.813.4
F1 20121421038541
Torchlight 21099786
Counter-Strike: GO231.2165.4112.363.4
Sleeping Dogs8966256
Dirt Showdown99784017
Diablo III139897744
Alan Wake422511
Anno 2070124533417
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim463317
Battlefield 351.335.228.711.6
Batman: Arkham City115834621
F1 20111411066021
Deus Ex Human Revolution1167625
Dirt 32221056721
Total War: Shogun 21913713
StarCraft 2184674829
Anno 140431747
Sims 354118783
World of Warcraft23818673
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