AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro K600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro K600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 14.02 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 320 vs 192
  • Around 48% better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 336.4 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4931 vs 1818
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.569 vs 6.367
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 162.886 vs 118.389
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.009 vs 0.396
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 19.668 vs 7.921
  • 8.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 77.819 vs 9.393
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2013 vs 1 March 2013
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 14.02 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 192
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 336.4 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 4931 vs 1818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.569 vs 6.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.886 vs 118.389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.009 vs 0.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.668 vs 7.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.819 vs 9.393
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 vs 2261
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 vs 2261

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K600

  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 730 MHz
  • Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 728 vs 546
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 277 vs 194
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1227 vs 1119
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1745 vs 1284
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1227 vs 1119
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1745 vs 1284
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 876 MHz vs 730 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 41 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 728 vs 546
PassMark - G2D Mark 277 vs 194
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1227 vs 1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1745 vs 1284
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1227 vs 1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1745 vs 1284

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
546
728
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
194
277
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4931
1818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.569
6.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.886
118.389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.009
0.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.668
7.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
77.819
9.393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
1227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
2261
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
1227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
2261
Name AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM NVIDIA Quadro K600
PassMark - G3D Mark 546 728
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 277
Geekbench - OpenCL 4931 1818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.569 6.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.886 118.389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.009 0.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.668 7.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.819 9.393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1119 1227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1284 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 2261
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1119 1227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1284 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 2261

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM NVIDIA Quadro K600

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Oland GK107
Launch date 1 November 2013 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1402 1369
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $78.99
Value for money (0-100) 11.66

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz 876 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 336.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 192
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 14.02 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 41 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 160 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1782 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3