RTX A4000 vs Quadro K2000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K2000 and RTX A4000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro K2000
2013
2 GB GDDR5, 51 Watt
4.09

RTX A4000 outperforms K2000 by a whopping 1131% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking68556
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.36no data
Power efficiency5.7925.95
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK107GA104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 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 cores3846144
Core clock speed954 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1560 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate30.53299.5
Floating-point processing power0.7327 TFLOPS19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs32192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 4.0 x16
Length202 mm241 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s448.0 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 DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA3.08.6

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 4.09
RTX A4000 50.36
+1131%

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 1580
RTX A4000 19433
+1130%

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 3961
RTX A4000 123534
+3019%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Quadro K2000 4097
RTX A4000 112011
+2634%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Quadro K2000 3055
RTX A4000 124547
+3977%

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 4.09 50.36
Recency 1 March 2013 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 140 Watt

Quadro K2000 has 174.5% lower power consumption.

RTX A4000, on the other hand, has a 1131.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K2000 in performance tests.


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