NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER vs NVIDIA Quadro K2000D Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database does not contain any shared benchmark tests between the NVIDIA Quadro K2000D and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER. Each card was measured using a different workload, so a direct comparison of scores on the same test is not possible. The K2000D was evaluated with Geekbench OpenCL, producing a score of 3919, while the RTX 5080 SUPER was measured using 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, where it recorded 3075. These tests stress different aspects of the hardware, so the raw numbers should not be read as a head-to-head ranking.

What the recorded data does show is how each card sits relative to its own peer group. The Quadro K2000D lands in the 23rd percentile of all GPUs in the database, and its nearest rivals are clustered tightly around it. The NVIDIA Quadro 2000D scores 3930, which is 0.3 percent higher than the K2000D. The NVIDIA Quadro 2000 scores 3898, putting it 0.5 percent lower. The GeForce GT 745M is 0.9 percent above the K2000D with 3953, and the AMD Radeon R5 Graphics trails by 0.9 percent at 3883. The K2000D therefore sits in a very narrow band where no rival is more than a single percentage point away in either direction. Benchmark results indicate that this card is effectively locked in a statistical tie with its closest competitors, with differences small enough to be within normal run-to-run variation.

The RTX 5080 SUPER tells a different story. It sits in the 19th percentile of all GPUs, but its nearest rivals are similarly close in raw score. The NVIDIA Quadro P1000 leads it by 2.8 percent with 3163, while the Intel Arc Pro B60 is 3.4 percent ahead at 3182. On the other side, the GeForce 820A trails by 3.1 percent at 2983, and the GTX 860M is 3.6 percent behind at 2967. The pattern here is the same as with the K2000D: the RTX 5080 SUPER is surrounded by cards within a few percentage points, which suggests that the Steel Nomad workload produces a tightly grouped field at this performance level. The K2000D's Geekbench OpenCL score is far higher in absolute terms than the RTX 5080 SUPER's Steel Nomad score, but that is a function of the test, not the hardware. No conclusion about relative speed can be drawn from cross-test comparisons.

Because there are no head-to-head benchmarks, the wins count in the database is zero for both cards. The data cannot declare a winner on any shared test. That is the first and most important finding: these two GPUs were never measured against each other in the same workload, so any attempt to pick a faster card must rely on specification analysis rather than direct scores.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from completely different eras of NVIDIA's GPU design. The Quadro K2000D uses the GK107 chip, built on the Kepler architecture, and was manufactured on a 28 nm process at TSMC. The RTX 5080 SUPER uses the GB203 chip, built on Blackwell 2.0, and is also manufactured at TSMC but on a 5 nm process. This process jump is substantial: the K2000D packs 1,270 million transistors into a 118 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 10.8 million per square millimeter. The RTX 5080 SUPER crams 45,600 million transistors into a 378 mm² die, which works out to 120.6 million per square millimeter. That is more than an order of magnitude higher density, reflecting roughly twelve years of manufacturing improvement between the 2013 release of the K2000D and the 2025 release of the RTX 5080 SUPER.

The memory subsystems are equally divergent. The K2000D has 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 128 bit bus, yielding 64.00 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 5080 SUPER has 24 GB of GDDR7 on a 256 bit bus, delivering 1.02 TB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock on the K2000D is 1000 MHz, or 4 Gbps effective, while the RTX 5080 SUPER runs at 2000 MHz, or 32 Gbps effective. The RTX 5080 SUPER also has dedicated hardware that the K2000D lacks entirely: 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores. The K2000D has neither, as those units did not exist in the Kepler generation.

The compute resources scale accordingly. The K2000D has 384 shading units, 32 texture mapping units, and 16 raster output units. The RTX 5080 SUPER has 10,752 shading units, 336 TMUs, and 112 ROPs. Pixel rate jumps from 7.632 GPixel/s to 293.1 GPixel/s, and texture rate goes from 30.53 GTexel/s to 879.3 GTexel/s. FP32 performance is 732.7 GFLOPS for the K2000D versus 56.28 TFLOPS for the RTX 5080 SUPER. The RTX 5080 SUPER also has FP16 performance rated at 56.28 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio, while the K2000D has no recorded FP16 figure.

The API support reflects the architectural gap. The K2000D supports DirectX 12 (11_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.175. The RTX 5080 SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Both cards list OpenGL 4.6, but the DirectX and Vulkan versions are far apart. The K2000D is limited to the older feature levels, while the RTX 5080 SUPER includes the full DX12 Ultimate feature set and a much newer Vulkan revision.

FAQ

Q: Which card is faster in the database benchmarks?

A: The database contains no shared benchmark between the two cards. The Quadro K2000D scores 3919 on Geekbench OpenCL, while the RTX 5080 SUPER scores 3075 on 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. These are different workloads, so the scores cannot be directly compared.

Q: How does each card compare to its closest rivals?

A: The K2000D is within 0.9 percent of all four nearest rivals, ranging from the AMD Radeon R5 Graphics at 3883 to the GeForce GT 745M at 3953. The RTX 5080 SUPER is within 3.6 percent of its nearest rivals, from the GTX 860M at 2967 to the Intel Arc Pro B60 at 3182.

Q: What are the memory capacities and types?

A: The K2000D has 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 128 bit bus with 64.00 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 5080 SUPER has 24 GB of GDDR7 on a 256 bit bus with 1.02 TB/s bandwidth.

Q: Do both cards support ray tracing?

A: No. The RTX 5080 SUPER has 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores. The K2000D has no RT cores and no tensor cores, as the Kepler architecture predates those hardware units.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The K2000D has a TDP of 51 W and uses no external power connectors, with a suggested PSU of 250 W. The RTX 5080 SUPER has a TDP of 415 W, uses a single 16-pin connector, and has no suggested PSU listed in the database.

Q: What are the release dates?

A: The K2000D was released on February 28, 2013. The RTX 5080 SUPER was released on December 31, 2025.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in every major specification category. The process node is 28 nm for the K2000D versus 5 nm for the RTX 5080 SUPER. Transistor count is 1,270 million versus 45,600 million. Die size is 118 mm² versus 378 mm². Transistor density is 10.8M per mm² versus 120.6M per mm².

Clock speeds are recorded differently. The K2000D has no base or boost clock listed, only a memory clock of 1000 MHz (4 Gbps effective). The RTX 5080 SUPER has a base clock of 2295 MHz, a boost clock of 2617 MHz, and a memory clock of 2000 MHz (32 Gbps effective).

Memory: 2 GB GDDR5 versus 24 GB GDDR7. Bus width: 128 bit versus 256 bit. Bandwidth: 64.00 GB/s versus 1.02 TB/s.

Compute units: 384 shading units, 32 TMUs, 16 ROPs versus 10,752 shading units, 336 TMUs, 112 ROPs. The RTX 5080 SUPER adds 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores, neither of which exists on the K2000D.

Pixel rate: 7.632 GPixel/s versus 293.1 GPixel/s. Texture rate: 30.53 GTexel/s versus 879.3 GTexel/s. FP32: 732.7 GFLOPS versus 56.28 TFLOPS. FP16 is absent on the K2000D and 56.28 TFLOPS on the RTX 5080 SUPER.

TDP: 51 W versus 415 W. Slot width: single-slot versus dual-slot. Power connectors: none versus 1x 16-pin. Suggested PSU: 250 W versus not listed.

Bus interface: PCIe 2.0 x16 versus PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs: 2x DVI and 1x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 versus 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b.

Dimensions: the K2000D is 202 mm long and 111 mm high, with no width recorded. The RTX 5080 SUPER is 304 mm long, 137 mm high, and 40 mm wide.

DirectX support: 12 (11_0) versus 12 Ultimate (12_2). Vulkan: 1.2.175 versus 1.4. OpenGL is the same at 4.6.

Production status: end-of-life versus active. Release date: 2013-02-28 versus 2025-12-31. The K2000D has a predecessor (Quadro Fermi) and successor (Quadro Maxwell), while the RTX 5080 SUPER lists neither.

The Verdict

The data shows two GPUs that are not comparable in any meaningful sense. The Quadro K2000D is a 2013 workstation card with 2 GB of memory, a 128 bit bus, and no ray tracing or tensor hardware. The RTX 5080 SUPER is a 2025 consumer card with 24 GB of memory, a 256 bit bus, 84 RT cores, and 336 tensor cores. Every recorded specification favors the RTX 5080 SUPER by a wide margin, from transistor density to FP32 throughput to memory bandwidth.

The benchmark percentile data adds a caveat. The K2000D sits in the 23rd percentile of all GPUs, and the RTX 5080 SUPER sits in the 19th percentile. These percentiles are computed from different benchmark suites, so they do not indicate that the K2000D is faster. They simply show where each card falls within its own test population. The K2000D's nearest rivals are all within 0.9 percent, while the RTX 5080 SUPER's nearest rivals are within 3.6 percent. Neither card dominates its peer group.

For a user choosing between these two, the only rational selection from the recorded data is the RTX 5080 SUPER. It has more memory, more bandwidth, newer architecture, higher clock speeds, and support for modern APIs. The K2000D is end-of-life and its only advantage is lower power draw and a smaller physical footprint. No benchmark result in the database contradicts this conclusion.

Where Each One Wins

The Quadro K2000D wins in areas related to power and size. Its TDP is 51 W versus 415 W, it requires no external power connector, and it fits in a single slot with a 202 mm length. The suggested PSU of 250 W is far below what the RTX 5080 SUPER would need, though the database does not list a suggested PSU for the newer card. The K2000D also supports two DVI outputs, which may matter for legacy display setups, and its 2 GB memory footprint is sufficient for workloads that predate the modern GPU compute era. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 3919 places it within 0.9 percent of its nearest rivals, so it is competitively positioned within its own generation.

The RTX 5080 SUPER wins in every performance-related category. It has 12 times the memory capacity, 16 times the memory bandwidth, 28 times the shading units, 77 times the FP32 throughput, and over 38 times the pixel rate. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4, enabling modern rendering features. Its 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores open up ray tracing and AI acceleration, neither of which exists on the K2000D. The 1.02 TB/s bandwidth is an order of magnitude beyond the K2000D's 64.00 GB/s. Its PCIe 5.0 interface is three generations ahead of the K2000D's PCIe 2.0.

For use cases, the K2000D remains relevant only for legacy workstation tasks where its DVI outputs, low power draw, and single-slot design are advantages. The RTX 5080 SUPER is the choice for any workload involving modern games, ray tracing, machine learning inference, high-resolution rendering, or large memory footprints. The database does not contain a shared benchmark, so the verdict rests on the specification gap, which is unambiguous.