NVIDIA Quadro K2000M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K2000M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 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 K2000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1726 vs 1094
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3176
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1726 vs 1094
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3176
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2012 vs 22 March 2012
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1726 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1726 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3176

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 835 MHz vs 745 MHz
  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 30.4 billion / sec vs 23.84 GTexel / s
  • Around 28% better floating-point performance: 729.6 gflops vs 572.2 gflops
  • Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 55 Watt
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1454 vs 1011
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 268 vs 256
  • Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4041 vs 3086
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.837 vs 8.142
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 405.086 vs 262.321
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.098 vs 0.741
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.798 vs 16.571
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 33.754 vs 18.406
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2253 vs 2207
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2253 vs 2207
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 835 MHz vs 745 MHz
Texture fill rate 30.4 billion / sec vs 23.84 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 729.6 gflops vs 572.2 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 55 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1454 vs 1011
PassMark - G2D Mark 268 vs 256
Geekbench - OpenCL 4041 vs 3086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.837 vs 8.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 405.086 vs 262.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.098 vs 0.741
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.798 vs 16.571
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 33.754 vs 18.406
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2253 vs 2207
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2253 vs 2207

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K2000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1011
1454
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
256
268
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3086
4041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.142
10.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
262.321
405.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.741
1.098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.571
21.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.406
33.754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2207
2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2207
2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3176
Name NVIDIA Quadro K2000M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1011 1454
PassMark - G2D Mark 256 268
Geekbench - OpenCL 3086 4041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.142 10.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 262.321 405.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.741 1.098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.571 21.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 18.406 33.754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1726 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2207 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1726 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2207 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3176
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 475

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K2000M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Kepler
Code name GK107 GK107
Launch date 1 June 2012 22 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $265.27
Place in performance rating 1265 1267
Price now $149.95
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 8.53

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz 835 MHz
Floating-point performance 572.2 gflops 729.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 23.84 GTexel / s 30.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,270 million
Boost clock speed 950 MHz
CUDA cores 384

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-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA