GeForce 7800 GTX 512 vs Quadro K2000D

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking684not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.36no data
Power efficiency5.76no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGK107G70
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years ago)14 November 2005 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $649

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 cores384no data
Core clock speed954 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt108 Watt
Texture fill rate30.5312.00
Floating-point processing power0.7327 TFLOPSno data
ROPs1616
TMUs3224

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 1.0 x16
Length202 mm228 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s51.2 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2013 14 November 2005
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 108 Watt

K2000D has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 111.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K2000D and GeForce 7800 GTX 512. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K2000D is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 7800 GTX 512 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K2000D
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