GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 vs Quadro K620

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking594not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.57no data
Power efficiency8.96no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM107GP104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date22 July 2014 (10 years ago)8 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$189.89 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 cores3841280
Core clock speed1058 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1708 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)41 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate26.98136.6
Floating-point processing power0.8632 TFLOPS4.372 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs2480

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 3.0 x16
Length160 mm250 mm
Width1" (2.5 cm)2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 type128 BitGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 29 GB/s192.2 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, 3x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.06.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 July 2014 8 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 120 Watt

Quadro K620 has 192.7% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 6 GB GP104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K620 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K620 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 is a desktop one.


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