NVIDIA Quadro K2000 vs AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K2000 and AMD Radeon HD 6490M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro K2000

AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 800 MHz
4.8x more texture fill rate: 30.53 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
2.9x better floating-point performance: 732.7 gflops vs 256 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3200 MHz
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1578 vs 378
5.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.332 vs 2.554
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 265.424 vs 96.344
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 15.009 vs 6.001
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 38.219 vs 10.814
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1631 vs 1405
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1631 vs 1405

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2013 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	30.53 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	732.7 gflops vs 256 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1578 vs 378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.332 vs 2.554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	265.424 vs 96.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.009 vs 6.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	38.219 vs 10.814
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1631 vs 1405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1631 vs 1405

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 514 vs 385
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4866 vs 4071
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2543 vs 1974
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2543 vs 1974

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	514 vs 385
Geekbench - OpenCL	4866 vs 4071
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2543 vs 1974
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2543 vs 1974

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K2000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6490M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1578

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

385

514

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4071

4866

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14.332

2.554

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

265.424

96.344

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15.009

6.001

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

38.219

10.814

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1631

1405

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1974

2543

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1631

1405

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1974

2543

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K2000	AMD Radeon HD 6490M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1578	378
PassMark - G2D Mark	385	514
Geekbench - OpenCL	4071	4866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.332	2.554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	265.424	96.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.093	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.009	6.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	38.219	10.814
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1631	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1974	2543
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1631	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1974	2543
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K2000	AMD Radeon HD 6490M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	Seymour
Launch date	1 March 2013	4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$1,193.03
Place in performance rating	1206	1208
Price now	$164.99	$1,193.03
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	11.74	0.39
Technical info
Core clock speed	954 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	732.7 gflops	256 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	160
Texture fill rate	30.53 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	51 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	202 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0