NVIDIA Quadro K2000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K2000 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 K2000

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 73% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 30.53 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 384 vs 64
4.2x better floating-point performance: 732.7 gflops vs 176 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 51 Watt vs 59 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 768 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1578 vs 402
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2013 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	30.53 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 64
Floating-point performance	732.7 gflops vs 176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	51 Watt vs 59 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1578 vs 402
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 57

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2917 vs 1974
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2917 vs 1974

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917 vs 1974
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917 vs 1974

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1578

402

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

385

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1974

2917

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1974

2917

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K2000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
PassMark - G3D Mark	1578	402
PassMark - G2D Mark	385	57
Geekbench - OpenCL	4071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	265.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.093
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	38.219
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1974	2917
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1974	2917
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K2000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK107	G94
Launch date	1 March 2013	30 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$489
Place in performance rating	1206	1429
Price now	$164.99	$186.29
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	11.74	4.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	954 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	732.7 gflops	176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	64
Texture fill rate	30.53 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	51 Watt	59 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	202 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3