AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GRID K520

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GRID K520 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon E8950

NVIDIA GRID K520

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 20.97
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 1063.784
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 3.244
Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 42.277
4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 76.158

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 23 July 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 20.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 1063.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 3.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 42.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 76.158

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K520

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 735 MHz
16.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 2048
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 2x 2,448 gflops vs 4,096 gflops

Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 735 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops vs 4,096 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K520

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

20.97

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

1063.784

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

3.244

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

42.277

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

76.158

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GRID K520
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	20.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	1063.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	3.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	42.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	76.158
PassMark - G3D Mark		3516
PassMark - G2D Mark		160
Geekbench - OpenCL		10864
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GRID K520
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Amethyst	GK104
Launch date	29 September 2015	23 July 2013
Place in performance rating	762	763
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	2x 2,448 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5