NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M is a workstation graphics card released on June 1, 2012, built on the Kepler architecture. It has 192 shading units, 2 GB of DDR3 memory, a boost clock of 850 MHz and a 45 W board power rating. It scores 746 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.
Depth: 35 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M scores 746 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 47.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,596), measured across 1,102 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 246.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M averages DirectX 9 18 fps, DirectX 10 3 fps, DirectX 11 6 fps, DirectX 12 3 fps and GPU Compute 334 ops/s, across 1,102 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 850 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-08-21. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M is based on the Kepler architecture and uses the GK107 graphics processor.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M has 192 shading units, 16 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M runs at a base clock of 850 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M is equipped with 2 GB of DDR3 memory.
Board and power
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M has a board power rating of 45 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M was released on June 1, 2012.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA Quadro K1000M (Mobile).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M have?
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M has 2 GB of DDR3 memory.
How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M has a board power rating of 45 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M?
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M scores 746 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 47.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,596. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 3 fps.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M use?
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M released?
The NVIDIA Quadro K1000M was released on June 1, 2012.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: Kepler (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GK107 -> Kepler. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
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