Nvidia Introduces Next-Generation Quadro Cards

At SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver, Nvidia unveiled its next generation of Quadro cards. The new lineup features a boost in GPU power as well as memory increases across the line; most of the new cards have double the memory of their predecessors.

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Header Cell - Column 0	GPU	CUDA Cores	Memory	Memory Bandwidth	Memory Interface	Max Power Consumption
Quadro K5200	GK110	2304	8 GB	192 GBps	256-bit	150w
Quadro K4200	GK104	1344	4 GB	173 GBps	256-bit	105w
Quadro K2200	GM107	640	4 GB	80 GBps	128-bit	68w
Quadro K620	GM107	384	2 GB	29 GBps	128-bit	45w
Quadro K420	GK107	192	1 GB	29 GBps	128-bit	41w

The GK110 moves down to the 5x00 series and the GK104 (previously in the Quadro K5000) moves down to the 4x00 series. The 2x00 and 6x0 cards see the introduction of the Maxwell chips into the Quadro lineup. It also means these lower-end cards will show significantly lower power usage than most of the other Quadro cards. Like the Maxwell consumer cards, the Maxwell-based Quadro cards are single-slot designs with no PCIe power connector. The K4200 is also a single-slot card.

According to Jeff Brown, Vice President of Professional Visualizatiion at Nvidia, "The next generation of Quadro GPUs not only dramatically increases graphics and compute performance to handle huge data sets. It extends the concept of visual computing from a graphics card in a workstation to a connected environment." He added, "The new Quadro lineup lets users interact with their designs or data locally on a workstation, remotely on a mobile device or in tandem with cloud‐based services."