GeForce 320M Mac Edition vs Quadro K600
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 994 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.11 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.25 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | C89 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 March 2013 (13 years ago) | 1 April 2010 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 192 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 876 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 486 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 41 Watt | 23 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 14.02 | 7.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3364 TFLOPS | 0.0912 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 160 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | DDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 891 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.51 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2013 | 1 April 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 41 Watt | 23 Watt |
Quadro K600 has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
320M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 78% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro K600 and GeForce 320M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro K600 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 320M Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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