NVIDIA Quadro K2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K2000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 51 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 666.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Launch date 1 March 2013 vs 6 September 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 954 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 30.53 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
  • 2.7x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 732.7 gflops
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 1578
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 385
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11364 vs 4071
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 14.332
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 705.293 vs 265.424
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.085 vs 1.093
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.416 vs 15.009
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 62.69 vs 38.219
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 2446
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 1631
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 1974
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 2446
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 1631
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 1974
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 954 MHz
Texture fill rate 78.4 billion / sec vs 30.53 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,981 gflops vs 732.7 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4017 vs 1578
PassMark - G2D Mark 487 vs 385
Geekbench - OpenCL 11364 vs 4071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.505 vs 14.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 705.293 vs 265.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.085 vs 1.093
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.416 vs 15.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 62.69 vs 38.219
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3581 vs 2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690 vs 1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3365 vs 1974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3581 vs 2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690 vs 1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3365 vs 1974

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1578
4017
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
385
487
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4071
11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.332
30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
265.424
705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.093
3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.009
35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.219
62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2446
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1631
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1974
3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2446
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1631
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1974
3365
Name NVIDIA Quadro K2000 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark 1578 4017
PassMark - G2D Mark 385 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 4071 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.332 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 265.424 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.093 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.009 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 38.219 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2446 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1631 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1974 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2446 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1631 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1974 3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 1307

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K2000 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Kepler
Code name GK107 GK106
Launch date 1 March 2013 6 September 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $229
Place in performance rating 1206 740
Price now $164.99 $349.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 11.74 14.35

Technical info

Core clock speed 954 MHz 980 MHz
Floating-point performance 732.7 gflops 1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 960
Texture fill rate 30.53 GTexel / s 78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 2,540 million
Boost clock speed 1033 MHz
CUDA cores 960

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 202 mm 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None One 6-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 6.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA