Quadro K620 vs FirePro W9100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W9100 and Quadro K620, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro W9100
2014
16 GB GDDR5, 750 Watt
19.67
+240%

W9100 outperforms K620 by a whopping 240% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking283596
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.61
Power efficiency4.908.82
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameHawaiiGM107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date26 March 2014 (10 years ago)22 July 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$189.89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2816384
Core clock speed930 MHz1058 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1124 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)750 Watt41 Watt
Texture fill rate163.726.98
Floating-point processing power5.238 TFLOPS0.8632 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs17624

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length275 mm160 mm
Width2-slot1" (2.5 cm)
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount16 GB2 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/sUp to 29 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displaysno data4
StereoOutput3D+-
Dual-link DVI support+-
HD сomponent video output+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Prono data+
Mosaicno data+
nView Desktop Managementno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-5.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W9100 19.67
+240%
Quadro K620 5.79

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro W9100 7580
+240%
Quadro K620 2232

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

FirePro W9100 43046
+544%
Quadro K620 6685

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 19.67 5.79
Recency 26 March 2014 22 July 2014
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt 41 Watt

FirePro W9100 has a 239.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Quadro K620, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, and 1729.3% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W9100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K620 in performance tests.


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