NVIDIA Quadro K2100M vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K2100M and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS 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 K2100M

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 667 MHz vs 375 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 32.02 GTexel / s vs 7.5 GTexel / s
28.8x more pipelines: 576 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 3008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
7.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1359 vs 176
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 285 vs 254
3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3362 vs 916
3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3362 vs 916

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	667 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.02 GTexel / s vs 7.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	576 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1359 vs 176
PassMark - G2D Mark	285 vs 254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362 vs 916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362 vs 916

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 55 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 55 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1359

176

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

285

254

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

916

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

916

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K2100M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	1359	176
PassMark - G2D Mark	285	254
Geekbench - OpenCL	4570
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	358.892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	40.703
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3605
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362	916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3605
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362	916
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K2100M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK106	G71
Launch date	23 July 2013	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$84.95
Place in performance rating	1116	1119
Price now	$159.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	10.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	667 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	768.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	576	20
Texture fill rate	32.02 GTexel / s	7.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-II
Laptop size	medium sized	large
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	48.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	3008 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus