NVIDIA Quadro K620 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K620 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K620

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
Around 81% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 476.9 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4.4x lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 182 Watt
2.3x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 896 MB
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 999 MHz
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2220 vs 1208
9.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 480 vs 53
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.112 vs 8.664
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 99.125 vs 29.525

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 16 June 2008
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops vs 476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2220 vs 1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	480 vs 53
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.112 vs 8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.125 vs 29.525

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 1058 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 17.98 GTexel / s
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 6869
Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 477.327 vs 297.631
Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.906 vs 15.363

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion / sec vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	19512 vs 6869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	477.327 vs 297.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.906 vs 15.363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 3329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 3329

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K620
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2220

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

480

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6869

19512

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22.112

8.664

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

297.631

477.327

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15.363

24.906

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

99.125

29.525

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3342

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K620	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	2220	1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	480	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	6869	19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.112	8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	297.631	477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.363	24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.125	29.525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	702

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K620	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GM107	GT200
Launch date	22 July 2014	16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$189.89	$449
Place in performance rating	953	1396
Price now	$189.93	$95.38
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.23	13.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, DVI-I DP	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	160 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	896 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	128 Bit	GDDR3
Memory bandwidth		111.9 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI