AMD Radeon HD 8240 vs NVIDIA GRID K1

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8240 and NVIDIA GRID K1 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8240

NVIDIA GRID K1

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8240

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 988 vs 354
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 988 vs 354
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1627 vs 319
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1627 vs 319

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 18 March 2013
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	988 vs 354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	988 vs 354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1627 vs 319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1627 vs 319

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K1

2.1x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 400 MHz
6x more pipelines: 4x 192 vs 128
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1976 vs 978
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 259 vs 63
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 651 vs 246

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines	4x 192 vs 128
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	1976 vs 978
PassMark - G2D Mark	259 vs 63
PassMark - G3D Mark	651 vs 246

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K1

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

978

1976

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

259

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

246

651

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

354

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1627

319

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1627

319

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8240	NVIDIA GRID K1
Geekbench - OpenCL	978	1976
PassMark - G2D Mark	63	259
PassMark - G3D Mark	246	651
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	988	354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	988	354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1627	319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1627	319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		169.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		10.43
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1237

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8240	NVIDIA GRID K1
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Kepler
Code name	Temash	GK107
Launch date	23 May 2013	18 March 2013
Place in performance rating	1533	1534
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$4,140
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	128	4x 192
Floating-point performance		4x 326.4 gflops
Texture fill rate		4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		130 Watt
Transistor count		1,270 million
API support
DirectX	11.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.6
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		4x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth		4x 28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width		4x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1782 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin