Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs Quadro K600

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Aggregated performance score

Quadro K600
2013
1024 MB DDR3
1.92

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms Quadro K600 by 613% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking861350
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.1414.39
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameGK107Vega Mobile
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years ago)15 November 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$220 (1.1x MSRP)$360

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega 20 has 10179% better value for money than Quadro K600.

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 cores1921280
Core clock speed876 MHz815 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1283 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)41 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate14.02102.6
Floating-point performance336.4 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro K600 and Radeon Pro Vega 20 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length160 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit1024 Bit
Memory clock speed1782 MHz1480 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.51 GB/s189.4 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA3.0no data

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 K600 1.92
Pro Vega 20 13.68
+613%

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms Quadro K600 by 613% 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 K600 743
Pro Vega 20 5299
+613%

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms Quadro K600 by 613% 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 K600 1841
Pro Vega 20 26839
+1358%

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms Quadro K600 by 1358% 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 K600 1753
Pro Vega 20 26819
+1430%

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms Quadro K600 by 1430% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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:

Full HD8−9
−663%
61
+663%
4K5−6
−720%
41
+720%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.92 13.68
Recency 1 March 2013 15 November 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 100 Watt

The Radeon Pro Vega 20 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K600 is a workstation card while Radeon Pro Vega 20 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.

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