NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs NVIDIA Quadro K620

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA Quadro K620 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

NVIDIA Quadro K620

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 1124 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 17.98 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
2.8x better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 2220
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 480
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18734 vs 6869
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.733 vs 22.112
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 792.44 vs 297.631
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.888 vs 1.427
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.338 vs 15.363
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 200.825 vs 99.125
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 2970
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 2490
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 2970
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 2490

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 January 2015 vs 22 July 2014
Core clock speed	1127 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6111 vs 2220
PassMark - G2D Mark	673 vs 480
Geekbench - OpenCL	18734 vs 6869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	73.733 vs 22.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	792.44 vs 297.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.888 vs 1.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.338 vs 15.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	200.825 vs 99.125
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7218 vs 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691 vs 2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335 vs 3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7218 vs 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691 vs 2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335 vs 3329

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K620

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 120 Watt
257.1x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
4.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 702 vs 162

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	702 vs 162

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K620

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6111

2220

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

673

480

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18734

6869

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

73.733

22.112

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

792.44

297.631

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.888

1.427

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.338

15.363

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

200.825

99.125

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7218

2970

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

2490

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

3329

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7218

2970

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

2490

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3335

3329

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

162

702

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	NVIDIA Quadro K620
PassMark - G3D Mark	6111	2220
PassMark - G2D Mark	673	480
Geekbench - OpenCL	18734	6869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	73.733	22.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	792.44	297.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.888	1.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.338	15.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	200.825	99.125
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7218	2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691	2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335	3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7218	2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691	2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335	3329
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	162	702

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	NVIDIA Quadro K620
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Maxwell
Code name	GM206	GM107
Launch date	22 January 2015	22 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$189.89
Place in performance rating	514	953
Price now	$229.99	$189.93
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	34.63	15.23
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1127 MHz	1058 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	384
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec	17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	41 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, DVI-I DP
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays		4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	160 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins	None
Width		1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Vulkan
Shader Model		5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128 Bit
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management