NVIDIA Quadro K1000M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K1000M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro K1000M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
Around 29% better floating-point performance: 326.4 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 780 vs 539
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 250 vs 150
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1162 vs 967
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1162 vs 967

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2012 vs 22 March 2012
Pipelines	192 vs 96
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	780 vs 539
PassMark - G2D Mark	250 vs 150
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1162 vs 967
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1162 vs 967

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 40% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2396 vs 1715
Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 5.055 vs 4.636
Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 215.004 vs 115.549
Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.635 vs 0.454
Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.393 vs 7.024
Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 19.903 vs 10.485
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2766 vs 1695
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 2297
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2766 vs 1695
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 2297

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2396 vs 1715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.055 vs 4.636
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	215.004 vs 115.549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.635 vs 0.454
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.393 vs 7.024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	19.903 vs 10.485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2766 vs 1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 2297
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2766 vs 1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 2297

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

780

539

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

250

150

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1715

2396

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.636

5.055

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

115.549

215.004

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.454

0.635

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.024

10.393

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.485

19.903

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1162

967

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1695

2766

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2297

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1162

967

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1695

2766

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2297

3359

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K1000M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
PassMark - G3D Mark	780	539
PassMark - G2D Mark	250	150
Geekbench - OpenCL	1715	2396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.636	5.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	115.549	215.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.454	0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.024	10.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	10.485	19.903
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1162	967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1695	2766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2297	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1162	967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1695	2766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2297	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K1000M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK107	GF108
Launch date	1 June 2012	22 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$119.90
Place in performance rating	1401	1402
Price now	$149.90
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	6.18
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	96
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	585 million
CUDA cores		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
DirectX 11.2		12 API
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3\GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus