GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 vs Quadro K600

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K600 with GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2, including specs and performance data.

Quadro K600
2013
1 GB DDR3, 41 Watt
1.90

GT 640 Rev. 2 outperforms K600 by an impressive 87% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking901717
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.190.19
Power efficiency3.215.02
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameGK107GK208
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years ago)29 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K600 and GT 640 Rev. 2 have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores192384
Core clock speed876 MHz1046 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million915 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)41 Watt49 Watt
Texture fill rate14.0233.47
Floating-point processing power0.3364 TFLOPS0.8033 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs1632

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x8
Length160 mm145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed891 MHz1252 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.51 GB/s40.06 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA3.03.5

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 1.90 3.55
Recency 1 March 2013 29 May 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 49 Watt

Quadro K600 has 19.5% lower power consumption.

GT 640 Rev. 2, on the other hand, has a 86.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 months.

The GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K600 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 is a desktop one.


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