NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
4x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 120 Watt
716x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3691
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3691
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3335
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3335

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 January 2017 vs 22 January 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3335

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 756 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 977 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 31.26 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
2.4x better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 1,000 gflops
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 391
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 2775
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18734 vs 8073
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 3854
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 3854

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1127 MHz vs 756 MHz
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz vs 977 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec vs 31.26 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops vs 1,000 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	673 vs 391
PassMark - G3D Mark	6111 vs 2775
Geekbench - OpenCL	18734 vs 8073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7218 vs 3854
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7218 vs 3854

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

391

673

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

6111

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8073

18734

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3854

7218

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3854

7218

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3335

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3335

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark - G2D Mark	391	673
PassMark - G3D Mark	2775	6111
Geekbench - OpenCL	8073	18734
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3854	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3854	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		200.825
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		162

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM107	GM206
Launch date	11 January 2017	22 January 2015
Place in performance rating	584	514
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$229.99
Value for money (0-100)		34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	977 MHz	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	756 MHz	1127 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,000 gflops	2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	1024
Texture fill rate	31.26 GTexel / s	72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	2,940 million
CUDA cores		1024
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
SLI options		2x
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost