Quadro K600 vs Radeon HD 7870

When choosing between Quadro K600 and Radeon HD 7870, it is worth examining the specifications of the models in detail. Do they meet the recommended requirements of modern games and software? Storage capacity, form factor, TDP, available ports, warranty and manufacturer support are all important. For example, the size of a PC case can limit the maximum thickness and length of the card. Often, instead of the factory overclocked card and RGB backlight, it is better to choose a reference model with a more efficient GPU. And make sure that your current power supply unit has the correct connection pins (using adapters is not recommended). This GPUs compare tool is meant to help you to choose the best graphics card for your build. Let's find out the difference between Quadro K600 and Radeon HD 7870.

Main Specs

  Quadro K600 Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7870 has 326% more power consumption, than Quadro K600.
  • Radeon HD 7870 has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro K600.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K600 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 124 MHz higher, than Quadro K600.
  • Quadro K600 and Radeon HD 7870 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 3018 MHz higher, than Quadro K600.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 24−27
ultra / 1080p 14−16
QHD / 1440p 0−1 9−10
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 1−2 45−50
medium / 1080p 0−1 30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4600% more, than Quadro K600.

Full Specs

  Quadro K600 Radeon HD 7870
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK107 Pitcairn XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 1 March 2013 5 March 2012
Pipelines 192 1280
Core clock speed 876 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 14.02
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.39 kh/s
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 11 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 145 Sol/s
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