NVIDIA Quadro K600 vs AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K600 and AMD Radeon HD 7470M 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 K600

AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 750 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 14.02 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 192 vs 160
Around 40% better floating-point performance: 336.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 728 vs 408
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1745 vs 1422
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1745 vs 1422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2013 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	876 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 160
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	728 vs 408
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1745 vs 1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1745 vs 1422

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470M

5.9x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 41 Watt
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 393 vs 278
Around 82% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3322 vs 1830
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3074 vs 2261
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3074 vs 2261

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 41 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	393 vs 278
Geekbench - OpenCL	3322 vs 1830
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3074 vs 2261
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3074 vs 2261

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

728

408

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

393

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1830

3322

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1745

1422

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2261

3074

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1745

1422

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2261

3074

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K600	AMD Radeon HD 7470M
PassMark - G3D Mark	728	408
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	393
Geekbench - OpenCL	1830	3322
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1745	1422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2261	3074
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1745	1422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2261	3074
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K600	AMD Radeon HD 7470M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	Seymour
Launch date	1 March 2013	7 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1367	1034
Price now	$78.99
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	11.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	876 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	160
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	7 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	370 million
Boost clock speed		800 MHz
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
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	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0