NVIDIA Quadro K600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K600 and NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM 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).

NVIDIA Quadro K600

NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K600

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 523 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 14.02 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 192 vs 48
3.4x better floating-point performance: 336.4 gflops vs 100.4 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
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 728 vs 320
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 278 vs 164
Around 89% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1830 vs 968
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.367 vs 2.566
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 118.389 vs 53.127
Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 7.921 vs 4.47
Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 9.393 vs 5.049
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1745 vs 764
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2261 vs 1131
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1745 vs 764
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2261 vs 1131

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2013 vs 2 April 2012
Core clock speed	876 MHz vs 523 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 48
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	728 vs 320
PassMark - G2D Mark	278 vs 164
Geekbench - OpenCL	1830 vs 968
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.367 vs 2.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	118.389 vs 53.127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.921 vs 4.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	9.393 vs 5.049
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1745 vs 764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2261 vs 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1745 vs 764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2261 vs 1131

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM

Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 41 Watt
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1794 MHz vs 1782 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 41 Watt
Memory clock speed	1794 MHz vs 1782 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

728

320

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

164

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1830

968

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.367

2.566

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

118.389

53.127

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.921

4.47

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.393

5.049

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1745

764

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2261

1131

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1745

764

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2261

1131

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K600	NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	728	320
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	164
Geekbench - OpenCL	1830	968
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.367	2.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	118.389	53.127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.921	4.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	9.393	5.049
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1745	764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2261	1131
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1745	764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2261	1131

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K600	NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK107	GF119
Launch date	1 March 2013	2 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1367	1578
Price now	$78.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	11.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	876 MHz	523 MHz
Floating-point performance	336.4 gflops	100.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	48
Texture fill rate	14.02 GTexel / s	4.184 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	160 mm	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	14.35 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1794 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3