NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA Quadro K620

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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 960M

NVIDIA Quadro K620

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1124 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 74% better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3366 vs 2220
Around 60% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10985 vs 6869
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 22.112
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.325 vs 297.631
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 1.427
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 15.363
Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 99.125
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 2970
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 2490
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3329
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 2970
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 2490
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3329
Around 75% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1231 vs 702

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 22 July 2014
Core clock speed	1096 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.04 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3366 vs 2220
Geekbench - OpenCL	10985 vs 6869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.294 vs 22.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.325 vs 297.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.692 vs 1.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.794 vs 15.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	174.513 vs 99.125
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264 vs 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714 vs 2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264 vs 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714 vs 2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3329
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1231 vs 702

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K620

Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 480 vs 245

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	480 vs 245

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3366

2220

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

245

480

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10985

6869

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

54.294

22.112

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

795.325

297.631

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.692

1.427

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51.794

15.363

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

174.513

99.125

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5264

2970

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

2490

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3329

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5264

2970

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

2490

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3329

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1231

702

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	NVIDIA Quadro K620
PassMark - G3D Mark	3366	2220
PassMark - G2D Mark	245	480
Geekbench - OpenCL	10985	6869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.294	22.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.325	297.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.692	1.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.794	15.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	174.513	99.125
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264	2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264	2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3329
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1231	702

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	NVIDIA Quadro K620
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Maxwell
Code name	GM107	GM107
Launch date	13 March 2015	22 July 2014
Place in performance rating	735	953
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$189.89
Price now		$189.93
Value for money (0-100)		15.23
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	1058 MHz
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Texture fill rate	47.04 GTexel / s	17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	41 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, DVI-I DP
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Number of simultaneous displays		4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		160 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model		5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128 Bit
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management