FirePro S9010 vs Quadro K1000M

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking885not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.48no data
Power efficiency3.13no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGK107Tahiti
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date1 June 2012 (12 years ago)24 August 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119.90 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1921792
Core clock speed850 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate13.6089.60
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPS2.867 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs16112

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s240.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2012 24 August 2012
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 200 Watt

K1000M has 344.4% lower power consumption.

FirePro S9010, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K1000M and FirePro S9010. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K1000M is a mobile workstation card while FirePro S9010 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
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