FirePro W600 vs Quadro K2000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K2000 and FirePro W600, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro K2000
2013
2 GB GDDR5, 51 Watt
4.10

W600 outperforms K2000 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking692675
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.410.46
Power efficiency5.513.97
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGK107Cape Verde
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years ago)13 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W600 has 12% better value for money than Quadro K2000.

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 cores384512
Core clock speed954 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate30.5324.00
Floating-point processing power0.7327 TFLOPS0.768 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3232

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length202 mm163 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s64 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort6x mini-DisplayPort

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
CUDA3.0-

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro K2000 4.10
FirePro W600 4.34
+5.9%

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 K2000 1581
FirePro W600 1671
+5.7%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Quadro K2000 3952
FirePro W600 6185
+56.5%

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 4.10 4.34
Recency 1 March 2013 13 June 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 75 Watt

Quadro K2000 has an age advantage of 8 months, and 47.1% lower power consumption.

FirePro W600, on the other hand, has a 5.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Quadro K2000 and FirePro W600.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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