NVIDIA Quadro K2100M videocard review

NVIDIA Quadro K2100M

Quadro K2100M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 23 July 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $84.95. The videocard is designed for mobile workstation-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK106.

Core clock speed - 667 MHz. Texture fill rate - 32.02 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 576. Floating-point performance - 768.4 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,540 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 55 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3008 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 48.0 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
1359
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
283
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
4544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
12.383 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
358.892 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.107 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
21.761 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
40.703 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
2294 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3605 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3362 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
2294.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3605.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3362.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1359
PassMark - G2D Mark 283
Geekbench - OpenCL 4544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 12.383 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 358.892 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.107 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 21.761 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 40.703 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2294 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3605 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3362 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2294.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3605.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3362.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Games performance

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x76854.00
Medium, 1366x76833.00
High, 1920x108014.00

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76826.00
Medium, 1366x76818.00
High, 1920x10809.00

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768225.00
Medium, 1366x76860.00
High, 1920x108025.00

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72067.00
Medium, 1344x75634.00
High, 1920x108017.00
Ultra, 1920x108016.00

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76836.00
Medium, 1366x76826.50
High, 1366x76823.20
Ultra, 1920x108012.50

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x76888.35
Medium, 1366x76866.65
High, 1366x76852.60
Ultra, 1920x10809.30

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76822.26
Medium, 1366x76819.50
High, 1366x76815.17
Ultra, 1920x10806.83

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76851.60
Medium, 1366x76840.15
High, 1366x76823.45
Ultra, 1920x108011.95

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720106.00
Medium, 1366x76860.00
High, 1366x76851.00
Ultra, 1920x108014.00

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768133.00
Medium, 1366x76874.00
High, 1366x76849.90
Ultra, 1920x108021.00

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76865.00
Medium, 1366x76846.00
High, 1366x76830.00
Ultra, 1920x108018.00

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x768124.00
Medium, 1366x76870.00
High, 1366x76854.00
Ultra, 1920x108023.00

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768127.00
Medium, 1366x76882.00
High, 1366x76862.00
Ultra, 1920x108036.00

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76896.00
Medium, 1366x76892.00
High, 1366x76856.00
Ultra, 1920x108023.00

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768169.50
Medium, 1366x768124.00
High, 1366x768100.00
Ultra, 1920x108060.50

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768342.00
Medium, 1360x76895.00
High, 1360x76858.00
Ultra, 1920x108031.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600287.00
Medium, 1024x768228.00
High, 1280x102462.00
Ultra, 1920x108031.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK106
Launch date 23 July 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $84.95
Place in performance rating 1108
Price now $159.99
Type Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 10.91

Technical info

Core clock speed 667 MHz
Floating-point performance 768.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 576
Texture fill rate 32.02 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs
Display Port 1.2

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5
Shader Model 5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus