Quadro K620 vs K5000

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Aggregated performance score

Quadro K5000
2012
4 GB GDDR5
10.30
+78.5%

K5000 outperforms K620 by 79% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking405560
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.961.20
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameGK104GM107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date17 August 2012 (11 years ago)22 July 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 $189.89
Current price$289 (0.1x MSRP)$286 (1.5x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K5000 has 230% better value for money than Quadro K620.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1536384
Core clock speed706 MHz1058 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1124 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt41 Watt
Texture fill rate90.3726.98
Floating-point performance2,169 gflops863.2 gflops

Size and 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 x16
Length267 mm160 mm
Width2-slot1" (2.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5400 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth172.8 GB/sUp to 29 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 2x DisplayPortDVI-I DP
Number of simultaneous displaysno data4

Technologies

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

3D Vision Prono data+
Mosaicno data+
nView Desktop Managementno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12
Shader Model5.15
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan++
CUDA3.05.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

Quadro K5000 10.30
+78.5%
Quadro K620 5.77

K5000 outperforms K620 by 79% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro K5000 3987
+78.5%
Quadro K620 2233

K5000 outperforms K620 by 79% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Quadro K5000 11376
+72.2%
Quadro K620 6608

K5000 outperforms K620 by 72% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro K5000 11664
+98.5%
Quadro K620 5876

K5000 outperforms K620 by 99% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro K5000 8558
+28.6%
Quadro K620 6653

K5000 outperforms K620 by 29% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro K5000 37
+94.7%
Quadro K620 19

K5000 outperforms K620 by 95% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 10.30 5.77
Recency 17 August 2012 22 July 2014
Cost $2499 $189.89
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 41 Watt

The Quadro K5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K620 in performance tests.


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