NVIDIA Quadro K600 vs AMD Radeon HD 6230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K600 and AMD Radeon HD 6230 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 NVIDIA Quadro K600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 14.02 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 192 vs 80
  • 3.2x better floating-point performance: 336.4 gflops vs 104 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 734 vs 179
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 277 vs 254
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1227 vs 252
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1745 vs 744
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2261 vs 1293
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1227 vs 252
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1745 vs 744
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2261 vs 1293
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 March 2013 vs 2 July 2011
Core clock speed 876 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 14.02 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 80
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops vs 104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 734 vs 179
PassMark - G2D Mark 277 vs 254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1227 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1745 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2261 vs 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1227 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1745 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2261 vs 1293

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 41 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 41 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6230

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
734
179
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
277
254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1227
252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1745
744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2261
1293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1227
252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1745
744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2261
1293
Name NVIDIA Quadro K600 AMD Radeon HD 6230
PassMark - G3D Mark 734 179
PassMark - G2D Mark 277 254
Geekbench - OpenCL 1822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 118.389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1227 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1745 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2261 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1227 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1745 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2261 1293

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K600 AMD Radeon HD 6230

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK107 Park
Launch date 1 March 2013 2 July 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 1371 1372
Price now $78.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 11.66

Technical info

Core clock speed 876 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops 104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 192 80
Texture fill rate 14.02 GTexel / s 5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 41 Watt 19 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 292 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR2