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).

 

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 1429 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