GRID K2 vs Quadro 4000

Place in the ranking	716	559
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.20	0.16
Power efficiency	1.85	2.17
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GF100	GK104
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	2 November 2010 (14 years ago)	11 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199	$5,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Quadro 4000 has 25% better value for money than GRID K2.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	256	1536 ×2
Core clock speed	475 MHz	745 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	142 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.20	95.36 ×2
Floating-point processing power	0.4864 TFLOPS	2.289 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	32	32 ×2
TMUs	32	128 ×2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB ×2
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	702 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	89.86 GB/s	160.0 GB/s ×2

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5 (5.1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.175
CUDA	2.0	3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Quadro 4000 3.84

GRID K2 7.12
+85.4%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro 4000 1475

GRID K2 2736
+85.5%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.84	7.12
Recency	2 November 2010	11 May 2013
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	142 Watt	225 Watt

Quadro 4000 has 58.5% lower power consumption.

GRID K2, on the other hand, has a 85.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GRID K2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 4000 in performance tests.