NVIDIA Quadro K620 vs AMD FirePro W5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K620 and AMD FirePro W5000 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 - 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 K620

AMD FirePro W5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K620

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 825 MHz
8.5x lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 350 Watt

Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 7 August 2012
Core clock speed	1058 MHz vs 825 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 350 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5000

2.2x more texture fill rate: 39.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
Around 47% better floating-point performance: 1,267 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2989 vs 2220
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 480
Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9969 vs 6869
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 771.327 vs 297.631
Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.758 vs 1.427
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4308 vs 2970
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 2490
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3329
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4308 vs 2970
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 2490
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3329

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2989 vs 2220
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 480
Geekbench - OpenCL	9969 vs 6869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	771.327 vs 297.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.758 vs 1.427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4308 vs 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4308 vs 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3329

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K620
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2220

2989

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

480

569

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6869

9969

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

297.631

771.327

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.427

2.758

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2970

4308

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2490

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2970

4308

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2490

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3359

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K620	AMD FirePro W5000
PassMark - G3D Mark	2220	2989
PassMark - G2D Mark	480	569
Geekbench - OpenCL	6869	9969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	297.631	771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.427	2.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.125
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2970	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2490	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2970	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2490	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	702

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K620	AMD FirePro W5000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM107	Pitcairn
Launch date	22 July 2014	7 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$189.89	$599
Place in performance rating	953	563
Price now	$189.93
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	15.23
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	768
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	39.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, DVI-I DP	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays	4
DisplayPort count		2
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	160 mm	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Half Length
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	128 Bit	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		102.4 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management