NVIDIA Quadro 2000M vs NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 2000M and NVIDIA GeForce 305M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro 2000M

NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 2000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
4.2x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 192 vs 16
11.5x better floating-point performance: 422.4 gflops vs 36.8 gflops
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 766 vs 151
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 231 vs 149
Around 72% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3424 vs 1987

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 January 2011 vs 10 January 2010
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 16
Floating-point performance	422.4 gflops vs 36.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	766 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	231 vs 149
Geekbench - OpenCL	3424 vs 1987

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 305M

2.1x more core clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 550 MHz
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 55 Watt

Core clock speed	1150 MHz vs 550 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 55 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 2000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 305M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

231

149

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3424

1987

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 2000M	NVIDIA GeForce 305M
PassMark - G3D Mark	766	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	231	149
Geekbench - OpenCL	3424	1987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	272.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.855
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	27.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1261
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2569
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1261
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2569

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 2000M	NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF106	GT218
Launch date	13 January 2011	10 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$46.56
Place in performance rating	1355	1356
Price now	$46.56
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	25.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1150 MHz
Floating-point performance	422.4 gflops	36.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	16
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Gigaflops		55
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0