NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 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 970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 81 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 380
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3699
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3699

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 January 2017 vs 7 October 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 81 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	403 vs 380
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 756 MHz
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 977 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 83.04 GTexel / s vs 31.26 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
2.7x better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 1,000 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5699 vs 2765
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19029 vs 8012
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 3854
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 3854

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 756 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz vs 977 MHz
Texture fill rate	83.04 GTexel / s vs 31.26 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2,657 gflops vs 1,000 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5699 vs 2765
Geekbench - OpenCL	19029 vs 8012
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8546 vs 3854
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8546 vs 3854

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

403

380

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2765

5699

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8012

19029

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3854

8546

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3854

8546

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3342

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
PassMark - G2D Mark	403	380
PassMark - G3D Mark	2765	5699
Geekbench - OpenCL	8012	19029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3854	8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3854	8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1113.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		81.909
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		303

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M620 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM107	GM204
Launch date	11 January 2017	7 October 2014
Place in performance rating	581	584
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,560.89
Price now		$1,899
Value for money (0-100)		3.99
Technical info
Boost clock speed	977 MHz	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	756 MHz	924 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,000 gflops	2,657 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	1280
Texture fill rate	31.26 GTexel / s	83.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1280
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		1
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	120 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI