NVIDIA Quadro P2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P2000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 P2000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 1178 MHz
  • Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 94.72 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec
  • Around 26% better floating-point performance: 3,031 gflops vs 2,413 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • 2.5x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 2 GB
  • 1001.1x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6957 vs 6111
  • Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22896 vs 18734
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 113.416 vs 73.733
  • Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1414.794 vs 792.44
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.736 vs 4.888
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.206 vs 35.338
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 417.823 vs 200.825
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10251 vs 7218
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10251 vs 7218
  • 18.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2958 vs 162
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 February 2017 vs 22 January 2015
Boost clock speed 1480 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate 94.72 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec
Floating-point performance 3,031 gflops vs 2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size 5 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6957 vs 6111
Geekbench - OpenCL 22896 vs 18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 113.416 vs 73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1414.794 vs 792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.736 vs 4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 81.206 vs 35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 417.823 vs 200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10251 vs 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10251 vs 7218
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2958 vs 162

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 1076 MHz
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 630
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 3316
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 3316
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1127 MHz vs 1076 MHz
Pipelines 1024 vs 768
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 673 vs 630
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 vs 3681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3335 vs 3316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 vs 3681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3335 vs 3316

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6957
6111
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
630
673
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
22896
18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
113.416
73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1414.794
792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.736
4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
81.206
35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
417.823
200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10251
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3681
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3316
3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10251
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3681
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3316
3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2958
162
Name NVIDIA Quadro P2000 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark - G3D Mark 6957 6111
PassMark - G2D Mark 630 673
Geekbench - OpenCL 22896 18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 113.416 73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1414.794 792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.736 4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 81.206 35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 417.823 200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10251 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3681 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3316 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10251 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3681 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3316 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2958 162

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro P2000 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Code name GP106 GM206
Launch date 6 February 2017 22 January 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $585 $199
Place in performance rating 387 514
Price now $429.99 $229.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 19.44 34.63

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1480 MHz 1178 MHz
Core clock speed 1076 MHz 1127 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,031 gflops 2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 1024
Texture fill rate 94.72 GTexel / s 72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,940 million
CUDA cores 1024

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 201 mm 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pins
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
SLI options 2x

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 140.2 GB / s 112 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost