AMD Radeon HD 8950M vs NVIDIA GRID K2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950M and NVIDIA GRID K2 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950M
- Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 745 MHz
- 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 225 Watt
- Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Core clock speed | 1075 MHz vs 745 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 225 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K2
- 5.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 51.6 GTexel / s
- 4x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 768
- 2.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,289 gflops vs 1,651 gflops
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Texture fill rate | 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 51.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2x 1536 vs 768 |
Floating-point performance | 2x 2,289 gflops vs 1,651 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K2
Name | AMD Radeon HD 8950M | NVIDIA GRID K2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2737 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 319 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 10550 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 18.948 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 968.568 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.58 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 32.988 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 114.144 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6371 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 344 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 312 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6371 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 344 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 312 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 8950M | NVIDIA GRID K2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Kepler |
Code name | Saturn | GK104 |
Launch date | 14 May 2013 | 11 May 2013 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 976 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $5,199 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1075 MHz | 745 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,651 gflops | 2x 2,289 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 768 | 2x 1536 |
Texture fill rate | 51.6 GTexel / s | 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | 225 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,080 million | 3,540 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2x 4 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 88 GB / s | 2x 160.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz | 5000 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |