NVIDIA Quadro K610M
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).
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 with 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, 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.
Quadro K Series
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| Architecture | Kepler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 192 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 954 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 2600 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 1024 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 30 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transistor Count | 1.3 Billion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 28 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | Optimus, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, OpenCL 1.2, 3DTV Play | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 23.07.2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | www.nvidia.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benchmarks
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- 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.
Saints Row IV
2013
GRID 2
2013
Metro: Last Light
2013
BioShock Infinite
2013
Tomb Raider
2013
Assassin´s Creed III
2012
Hitman: Absolution
2012
World of Tanks v8
2012
F1 2012
2012
Torchlight 2
2012
Sleeping Dogs
2012
Dirt Showdown
2012