NVIDIA Quadro K600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K600 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 14.02 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
  • Around 25% better floating-point performance: 336.4 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 736 vs 666
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 276 vs 233
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.367 vs 5.698
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1227 vs 1064
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1745 vs 1589
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1227 vs 1064
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1745 vs 1589
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 March 2013 vs 14 May 2011
Core clock speed 876 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 14.02 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 96
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 41 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 736 vs 666
PassMark - G2D Mark 276 vs 233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.367 vs 5.698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1227 vs 1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1745 vs 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1227 vs 1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1745 vs 1589

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

  • Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
  • Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2305 vs 1835
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 175.385 vs 118.389
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.497 vs 0.396
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 9.27 vs 7.921
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2716 vs 2261
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2716 vs 2261
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2305 vs 1835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 175.385 vs 118.389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.497 vs 0.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.27 vs 7.921
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2716 vs 2261
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2716 vs 2261

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
736
666
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
276
233
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1835
2305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.367
5.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
118.389
175.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.396
0.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.921
9.27
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1227
1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1745
1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2261
2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1227
1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1745
1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2261
2716
Name NVIDIA Quadro K600 NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 736 666
PassMark - G2D Mark 276 233
Geekbench - OpenCL 1835 2305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.367 5.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 118.389 175.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.396 0.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.921 9.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1227 1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1745 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2261 2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1227 1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1745 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2261 2716

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K600 NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK107 GF108
Launch date 1 March 2013 14 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 1371 1373
Price now $78.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 11.66

Technical info

Core clock speed 876 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 192 96
Texture fill rate 14.02 GTexel / s 11.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 41 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 585 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 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3