Quadro FX 3000 vs Quadro K2000D

Place in the ranking	689	1400
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.41	no data
Power efficiency	5.62	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	GK107	NV35
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	1 March 2013 (11 years ago)	22 July 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$203

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

K2000D and FX 3000 have a nearly equal value for money.

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	384	no data
Core clock speed	954 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	135 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	51 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	30.53	3.200
Floating-point processing power	0.7327 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	32	8

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	AGP 8x
Length	202 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	425 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	27.2 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0a
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	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. 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.

K2000D 4.11
+2183%

FX 3000 0.18

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.

K2000D 1586
+2199%

FX 3000 69

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	4.11	0.18
Recency	1 March 2013	22 July 2003
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm

K2000D has a 2183.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro K2000D is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 3000 in performance tests.

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