Quadro K610M vs Radeon HD 6730M

Place in the ranking	1015	914
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.21
Power efficiency	2.68	4.25
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name	Whistler	GK208
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)	23 July 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$229.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	480	192
Core clock speed	725 MHz	980 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	915 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.40	15.68
Floating-point processing power	0.696 TFLOPS	0.3763 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	24	16

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 size	medium sized	medium sized
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	650 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	20.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	no data	1.2

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	-	+
3D Vision Pro	no data	+
Mosaic	no data	+
nView Display Management	no data	+
Optimus	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	+
CUDA	-	+

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.

HD 6730M 1.37

Quadro K610M 1.86
+35.8%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 6730M 1141

Quadro K610M 1144
+0.2%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 6730M 4438

Quadro K610M 5116
+15.3%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	17 −23.5%	21−24 +23.5%
Full HD	23 +109%	11 −109%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

20.91

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −21.4%	16−18 +21.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −6.1%	35−40 +6.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −21.4%	16−18 +21.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −6.1%	35−40 +6.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −21.4%	16−18 +21.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −6.1%	35−40 +6.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−100%

4−5
+100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	1−2
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Watch Dogs: Legion

0−1

This is how HD 6730M and Quadro K610M compete in popular games:

Quadro K610M is 24% faster in 900p
HD 6730M is 109% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Quadro K610M is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro K610M is ahead in 35 tests (70%)
there's a draw in 15 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.37	1.86
Recency	4 January 2011	23 July 2013
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	30 Watt

Quadro K610M has a 35.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

The Quadro K610M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6730M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6730M is a notebook graphics card while Quadro K610M is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.