Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Quadro K600

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K600 with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Quadro K600
2013
1 GB DDR3, 41 Watt
1.90
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
2024
4 GB GDDR6, 35 Watt
27.31
+1337%

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms K600 by a whopping 1337% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking909202
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.26no data
Power efficiency3.1853.47
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGK107AD107
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 cores1922048
Core clock speed876 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)41 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate14.02129.6
Floating-point processing power0.3364 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs1664
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length160 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed891 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.51 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA3.08.9

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 27.31
Recency 1 March 2013 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 35 Watt

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has a 1337.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 17.1% lower power consumption.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K600 is a workstation card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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