NVIDIA Quadro K620M vs AMD FirePro M8900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K620M and AMD FirePro M8900 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 - 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

NVIDIA Quadro K620M

AMD FirePro M8900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K620M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 680 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 75 Watt
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 23.872 vs 10.529

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2015 vs 12 April 2011
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	23.872 vs 10.529

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
Around 51% better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 4583
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 760.858 vs 165.904
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 108.525 vs 91.813

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 4583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	760.858 vs 165.904
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.525 vs 91.813

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K620M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M8900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4583

18738

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

23.872

10.529

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

165.904

760.858

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

91.813

108.525

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K620M	AMD FirePro M8900
PassMark - G3D Mark	1165
PassMark - G2D Mark	158
Geekbench - OpenCL	4583	18738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	23.872	10.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	165.904	760.858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	91.813	108.525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1291
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1291
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		26.149

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K620M	AMD FirePro M8900
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM108	Blackcomb
Launch date	1 March 2015	12 April 2011
Place in performance rating	1428	1431
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	960
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count		1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-B
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	115 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
nView Display Management
Optimus