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Nvidia Quadro, What you need to know about the work card line

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After learning about the Geforce line specializing in gaming, today we will learn about Nvidia Quadro – Nvidia’s line of “work” cards. Those of you who specialize in graphics may want to read this article.

Overview of Nvidia Quadro

Quadro is a line of Nvidia graphics cards for Workstations applied to graphics tasks, Machine Learning… It was born in an effort to divide Nvidia’s market segment. Thanks to that, Nvidia can demand a higher price for the same hardware in the professional segment. At the same time, they are also a direct supplier, meeting the needs of that segment.

Structurally, the GPUs of this series are identical to the Geforce series GPUs. The only difference with Quadro is its ability to support VRAM ECC and higher FP precision. Those are the properties users need when performing tasks that require high precision. And to differentiate further, Nvidia has used separate drivers and firmware for Quadro. Those Driver and Firmware versions are pre-enabled with some features specific to the Workstation segment. Additionally, support from Nvidia is also more assured.

The direct competitor to Quadro is AMD’s Radeon Pro (formerly FirePro) line.

List of Nvidia Quadro graphics card models

Before entering this section, I have a few small notes:

I will only mention the Quadro line, not the Quadro FX and Quadro NVS lines. If I mention those two lines, the article will be very long

For Desktop GPU models, I will only mention versions that use the PCI Express protocol, not PCI or AGP versions.

For laptops, I will only mention the Quadro M series

The lists will be divided by architecture.

Desktop

Fermi Architecture

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Nearest Geforce card
Quadro 400 GT216GL 450 MHz 512MB DDR3 GT 220
Quadro 600 GF108GL 640 MHz 1GB GDDR3 GT 430
Quadro 2000 GF106GL 625 MHz GDDR5 GTS 450
Quadro 2000D
Quadro 4000 GF100GL 475 MHz 2GB Unknown
Quadro 5000 513 MHz 2.5GB GDDR5 ECC GTX 465/GTX 470 (cut down)
Quadro 6000 574 MHz 6GB GTX 480 (cut down)
Quadro 7000 GF110GL 650 MHz 12GB GTX 580
Quadro Plex 7000 2x GF100GL 574 MHz 2x 6GB GTX 590

Kepler architecture

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Nearest Geforce card
Quadro 410 GK107GLM 706 MHz 512MB DDR3 GT 630
Quadro K420 GK107GL 780 MHz 1GB GDDR3
Quadro K600 875 MHz
Quadro K2000 954 MHz 2GB GDDR5 GTX 650
Quadro K2000D 950 MHz
Quadro K4000 GK106GL 800 MHz 3GB GTX 650 Ti Boost
Quadro K4200 GK104GL 780 MHz 4GB GTX 670
Quadro K5000 706 MHz GDDR5 ECC GTX 680/GTX 770
Quadro K5200 GK110GL 650 MHz 8GB GTX 780
Quadro K6000 700 MHz 12GB GTX Titan Black

Maxwell Architecture

There are a few cards on this list that carry the K designation. However, those models are based on the Maxwell architecture, not Kepler.

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Nearest Geforce card
Quadro K620 GM107GL 1000 MHz 2GB GDDR3 GTX 745
Quadro K1200 4GB GDDR5 GTX 750
Quadro K2200 1046 MHz GTX 750 Ti
Quadro M2000 GM206-875 796-1163 MHz GTX 950
Quadro M4000 GM204-850 773 MHz 8GB GTX 970
Quadro M5000 GM204-875 861-1038 MHz GDDR5 ECC GTX 980
Quadro M6000 GM200GL 988-1114 MHz 12GB GTX Titan X
GM200-880 24GB

Pascal architecture

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Nearest Geforce card
Quadro P400 GP107-825 1228-1252 MHz 2GB GDDR5 GT 1030
Quadro P600 GP107-850 1329-1557 MHz
Quadro P620 GP107-855 1266-1354 MHz GTX 1050
Quadro P1000 GP107-860 1266-1481 MHz 4GB
Quadro P2000 GP106-875-K1 1076-1480 MHz 5GB GTX 1060
Quadro P2200 GP106-880-K1 1000-1493 MHz GDDR5X
Quadro P4000 GP104-850 1202-1480 MHz 8GB GTX 1070
Quadro P5000 GP104-875 1607-1733 MHz 16GB GTX 1080
Quadro P6000 GP102-875 1506-1645 MHz 24GB Titan Xp
Quadro GP100 GP100GL 1304-1442 MHz 16GB HBM2 GTX 1080 Ti

Volta Architecture

Volta architecture has only one code.

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Nearest Geforce card
Quadro GV100 GV100-875 1132-1627 MHz 32GB HBM2 Titan V

Turing architecture

This is the first time RTX technology has been brought to the Quadro line

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Nearest Geforce card
Quadro RTX 4000 TU104-850 1005-1545 MHz 8GB GDDR6 RTX 2070
Quadro RTX 5000 TU104-875 1620-1815 MHz 16GB (32GB if running NVLink) RTX 2080 Super
Quadro RTX 6000 TU102-875 1440-1770 MHz 24GB (48GB if running NVLink) Titan RTX
Quadro RTX 8000 1395-1770 MHz 48GB (96GB if running NVLink)

Ampere Architecture

For the first time, Nvidia’s Workstation line of cards has been upgraded to the PCI Express 4.0 protocol. This will be the end of the name Quadro, when Nvidia has decided to discontinue it from October 5, 2020. At heart, the card models below are still considered Quadro. But the name will no longer be the same. I don’t know how Nvidia will differentiate them from the Geforce line.

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Nearest Geforce card
RTX A6000 GA102 1860 MHz 48GB GDDR6 (96GB khi dùng NVLink) 16 Gbps RTX 3090
RTX A40 N/A 14.5 Gbps

Laptop

Fermi Architecture

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Protocol
Quadro 1000M GF108GLM 700 MHz 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Quadro 2000M GF106GLM 550 MHz
Quadro 3000M GF104GLM 450 MHz GDDR5 MXM-B (PCIe 3.0)
Quadro 4000M 475 MHz PCI Express 2.0 X16
Quadro 5000M GF100GLM 405 MHz 1.5GB
Quadro 5010M GF110GLM 450 MHz 4GB

Kepler architecture

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Protocol
Quadro K500M GK107 850 MHz 1GB DDR3 MXM-A (PCIe 3.0)
Quadro K510M GK208 846 MHz GDDR5
Quadro K610M 980 MHz PCI Express 2.0 x8
Quadro K1000M GK107GL 850 MHz 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 3.0 x16
Quadro K1100M 706 MHz GDDR5
Quadro K2000M GK107 745 MHz DDR3
Quadro K2100M GK106 667 MHz GDDR5
Quadro K3000M GK104 654 MHz
Quadro K3100M 683 MHz 4GB
Quadro K4000M 600 MHz
Quadro K4100M 706 MHz
Quadro K5000M
Quadro K5100M 771 MHz

Maxwell Architecture

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Protocol
Quadro M500M GM108 1029 MHz 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 3.0 x16
Quadro M520 Mobile 1041 MHz GDDR5 MXM-A (PCIe 3.0)
Quadro M600M GM107 1029 MHz PCI Express 3.0 x16
Quadro M620 Mobile 977 MHz MXM-A (PCIe 3.0)
Quadro M1000M 1000 MHz 4GB PCI Express 3.0 x16
Quadro M1200 Mobile 1093 MHz MXM-A (PCIe 3.0)
Quadro M2000M 1029 MHz
Quadro M2200 Mobile GM206 1025 MHz
Quadro M3000M GM204 540 MHz PCI Express 3.0 x16
Quadro M4000M 975 MHz
Quadro M5000M 8GB
Quadro M5500 861 MHz

Pascal architecture

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Protocol
Quadro P500 GP108 1455 MHz 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16
Quadro P600 GP107 1430 MHz 4GB
Quadro P1000 1303 MHz
Quadro P2000 1557 MHz
Quadro P3000 Mobile GP104 1210 MHz 6GB MXM-B (PCIe 3.0 x16)
Quadro P3200 1328 MHz PCI Express 3.0 x16
Quadro P4000 Mobile 1227 MHz 8GB MXM-B (PCIe 3.0 x16)
Quadro P4200
Quadro P5000 Mobile 1513 MHz 16GB
Quadro P5200 1556 MHz

Turing architecture

In Turing architecture, there will be 2 card codes that do not support RTX.

GPU name GPU code Core clock VRAM VRAM type Protocol
Quadro T1000 TU117 1395 MHz 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16
TU117B GDDR6
Quadro T2000 TU117 1575 MHz GDDR5
Quadro T2000 Max-Q 1200 MHz
Quadro RTX 3000 TU106 945 MHz 6GB GDDR6
Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q 600 MHz
Quadro RTX 4000 TU104 1110 MHz 8GB
Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q 780 MHz
Quadro RTX 5000 1035 MHz 16GB
Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q 600 MHz
Quadro RTX 6000 TU102 1275 MHz 24GB

Epilogue

So I have gone through everything I need to know about the Nvidia Quadro line. See you again in the next articles.

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