NVIDIA Quadro K610M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K610M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K610M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 433.3x more memory clock speed: 2600 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Launch date 23 July 2013 vs 6 September 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed 2600 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

  • 5x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 15.68 GTexel / s
  • 5x more pipelines: 960 vs 192
  • 5.3x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 376.3 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 713
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 218
  • 5.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11364 vs 1995
  • 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 705.293 vs 182.093
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 62.69 vs 20.881
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 1123
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 2253
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 3195
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 1123
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 2253
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 3195
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 78.4 billion / sec vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 192
Floating-point performance 1,981 gflops vs 376.3 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4017 vs 713
PassMark - G2D Mark 487 vs 218
Geekbench - OpenCL 11364 vs 1995
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 705.293 vs 182.093
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 62.69 vs 20.881
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3581 vs 1123
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690 vs 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3365 vs 3195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3581 vs 1123
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690 vs 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3365 vs 3195

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K610M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
713
4017
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
218
487
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1995
11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
182.093
705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.881
62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2253
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3195
3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2253
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3195
3365
Name NVIDIA Quadro K610M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark 713 4017
PassMark - G2D Mark 218 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 1995 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 182.093 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 20.881 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1123 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2253 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3195 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1123 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2253 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3195 3365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.416
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1307

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K610M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Kepler
Code name GK208 GK106
Launch date 23 July 2013 6 September 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $229.99 $229
Place in performance rating 1300 740
Price now $75 $349.99
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 11.43 14.35

Technical info

Core clock speed 980 MHz 980 MHz
Floating-point performance 376.3 gflops 1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 192 960
Texture fill rate 15.68 GTexel / s 78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 1270 Million 2,540 million
Boost clock speed 1033 MHz
CUDA cores 960

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Port 1.2
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.3
Shader Model 5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 20.8 GB / s 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 2600 MHz 6.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA