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NVIDIA Quadro K500M vs NVIDIA Quadro K610M

NVIDIA Quadro K500M

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The NVIDIA Quadro K500M is an entry-level, DirectX 11.1-compatible graphics card for mobile workstations. It is a Kepler-based GPU built on the GK107 architecture and is manufactured in 28nm at TSMC. Compared to the K2000M, the K500M only features a 64-Bit memory bus and 192 shader cores instead of 384. The Quadro K500M is built for the Intel Chief River generation (Ivy Bridge) and is the successor to the Fermi-based Quadro 1000M (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 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. The K500M, however, offers only one SMX with 192 shaders. 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

The gaming performance should be similar to the consumer GeForce GT 620M.

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 K500M is rated at 35 Watt (TGP according to Nvidia) and therefore suited for medium-sized notebooks of 15-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). 

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.

NVIDIA Quadro K500MNVIDIA Quadro K610M
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 compare 384 @ 0.75 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K1000M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K610M 192 @ 0.95 GHz64 Bit @ 2600 MHz
Quadro K510M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz64 Bit @ 2400 MHz
Quadro K500M 192 @ 0.85 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
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 compare 384 @ 0.75 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K1000M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K610M 192 @ 0.95 GHz64 Bit @ 2600 MHz
Quadro K510M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz64 Bit @ 2400 MHz
Quadro K500M 192 @ 0.85 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameN14M-Q1
ArchitectureKeplerKepler
Pipelines192 - unified192 - unified
Core Speed850 MHz954 MHz
Memory Speed1800 MHz2600 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3 / GDDR5GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB1024 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3
Power Consumption35 Watt30 Watt
Transistors1.3 Billion1.3 Billion
technology28 nm28 nm
FeaturesOptimus, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, 3D Vision, 3DTV PlayOptimus, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, OpenCL 1.2, 3DTV Play
Notebook Sizemedium sizedmedium sized
Date of Announcement01.06.2012 23.07.2013
Information118mm2, CUDA, OpenCL 1.2, OpenGL 4.3
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.de

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Quadro K610M
0.3 pt (1%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 5970     avg: 6052     median: 6051.5 (6%)     max: 6133 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 5836     avg: 5838     median: 5837.5 (2%)     max: 5839 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 711     avg: 713     median: 712.5 (1%)     max: 714 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 752     avg: 756     median: 755.5 (1%)     max: 759 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 46346     avg: 46512     median: 46512 (6%)     max: 46678 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 1283     avg: 1295     median: 1294.5 (2%)     max: 1306 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1134     avg: 1144     median: 1143.5 (1%)     max: 1153 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 4598     avg: 5116     median: 5116 (1%)     max: 5634 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 3572     avg: 3592     median: 3592 (2%)     max: 3612 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
3DMark 06
8157 Points (11%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
9.4 fps (3%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
9.2 fps (4%)
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
13.8 fps (3%)
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
min: 20.54     avg: 20.9     median: 20.9 (12%)     max: 21.28 fps
specvp11 tcvis-02 + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 25.26     avg: 25.9     median: 25.9 (15%)     max: 26.47 fps
specvp11 sw-02 + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
min: 35.16     avg: 35.6     median: 35.6 (27%)     max: 36.1 fps
specvp11 proe-05 + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
min: 13.93     avg: 14.9     median: 14.9 (18%)     max: 15.9 fps
specvp11 maya-03 + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 35.14     avg: 38.8     median: 38.8 (29%)     max: 42.44 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 49.06     avg: 49.5     median: 49.5 (53%)     max: 49.84 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
min: 14.67     avg: 15.9     median: 15.8 (8%)     max: 17.02 fps
specvp11 catia-03 + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
min: 28.32     avg: 28.5     median: 28.5 (15%)     max: 28.72 fps
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
6.8 Points (86%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 5.7     avg: 6.3     median: 6.3 (79%)     max: 6.8 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 6819     avg: 6824     median: 6823.5 (5%)     max: 6828 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA Quadro K610M
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 27.95     avg: 28.4     median: 28.4 (10%)     max: 28.83 fps
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
102 Samples/s (0%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
48 Samples/s (0%)

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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.

low 1280x720
Quadro K610M:
44  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
32  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
13  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
8  fps
GRID 2

GRID 2

2013
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
99.8  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
50.5  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
35.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
12.5  fps
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
21.5  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
16.1  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
9.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
4.8  fps
low 1280x720
Quadro K610M:
52.5  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
26.4  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
22.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
6  fps
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
66.9  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
31.8  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
20.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
4.9  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
33  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
26  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
7  fps
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
38.8  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
23  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
14.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
7.5  fps
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
119  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
31  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
22  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
9  fps
F1 2012

F1 2012

2012
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
73  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
58  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
52  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
21  fps
Torchlight 2

Torchlight 2

2012
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
48  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
109  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
47  fps
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
54.5  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
40.9  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
14.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
5  fps
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
76  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
48  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
32  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
9  fps
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
69  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
47  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
43  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
25  fps
Alan Wake

Alan Wake

2012
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
26.8  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
16  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
6  fps
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
62  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
31  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
19  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
7  fps
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
72  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
48  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro K610M:
23  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
11  fps
Total War: Shogun 2

Total War: Shogun 2

2011
low 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
131.5  fps
med. 1280x720
Quadro K610M:
23.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
7.5  fps
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
low 800x600
Quadro K610M:
345  fps
med. 1024x768
Quadro K610M:
132  fps
high 1280x1024
Quadro K610M:
27  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro K610M:
12  fps
NVIDIA Quadro K610Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Saints Row IV4432138
GRID 299.850.535.712.5
Metro: Last Light21.516.19.14.8
BioShock Infinite52.526.422.26
Tomb Raider66.931.820.74.9
Assassin´s Creed III33267
Hitman: Absolution38.82314.57.5
World of Tanks v811931229
F1 201273585221
Torchlight 24810947
Sleeping Dogs54.540.914.85
Dirt Showdown7648329
Diablo III69474325
Alan Wake26.8166
Anno 20706231197
Batman: Arkham City72482311
Total War: Shogun 2131.523.77.5
World of Warcraft3451322712
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