NVIDIA GRID K520 videocard review

NVIDIA GRID K520

GRID K520 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 23 July 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $3,599. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK104.

Core clock speed - 745 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 1536. Floating-point performance - 2x 2,448 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 3,540 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 225 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 4 GB. Memory bus width - 2x 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 160.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
3516
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
160
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
10864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
20.970 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1063.784 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
3.244 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
42.277 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
76.158 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
6782 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3713 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3354 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
6782.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3713.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3354.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 3516
PassMark - G2D Mark 160
Geekbench - OpenCL 10864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 20.970 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1063.784 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 3.244 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 42.277 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 76.158 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6782 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3713 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3354 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6782.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3713.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3354.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK104
Launch date 23 July 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $3,599
Place in performance rating 763
Type Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 2,448 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 2x 1536
Texture fill rate 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5