NVIDIA Quadro K600 vs AMD Radeon HD 6630M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K600 and AMD Radeon HD 6630M 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 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 75% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 14.02 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 734 vs 685
  • Around 85% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1822 vs 984
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.367 vs 2.847
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1227 vs 424
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1745 vs 1055
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1227 vs 424
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1745 vs 1055
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 March 2013 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed 876 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 14.02 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 734 vs 685
Geekbench - OpenCL 1822 vs 984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.367 vs 2.847
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1227 vs 424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1745 vs 1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1227 vs 424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1745 vs 1055

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6630M

  • 2.5x more pipelines: 480 vs 192
  • Around 43% better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 336.4 gflops
  • Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 41 Watt
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 390 vs 277
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 142.549 vs 118.389
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 9.527 vs 7.921
  • 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 42.818 vs 9.393
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2368 vs 2261
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2368 vs 2261
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 192
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops vs 336.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 26 Watt vs 41 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 390 vs 277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 142.549 vs 118.389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.527 vs 7.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 42.818 vs 9.393
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2368 vs 2261
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2368 vs 2261

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6630M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
734
685
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
277
390
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1822
984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.367
2.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
118.389
142.549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.921
9.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.393
42.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1227
424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1745
1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2261
2368
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1227
424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1745
1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2261
2368
Name NVIDIA Quadro K600 AMD Radeon HD 6630M
PassMark - G3D Mark 734 685
PassMark - G2D Mark 277 390
Geekbench - OpenCL 1822 984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.367 2.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 118.389 142.549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.396 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.921 9.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.393 42.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1227 424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1745 1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2261 2368
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1227 424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1745 1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2261 2368

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K600 AMD Radeon HD 6630M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK107 Whistler
Launch date 1 March 2013 4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 1371 1374
Price now $78.99
Type Workstation Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 11.66

Technical info

Core clock speed 876 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 192 480
Texture fill rate 14.02 GTexel / s 12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 41 Watt 26 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 160 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0