AMD Radeon Pro 555X vs NVIDIA GRID K2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555X 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro 555X

NVIDIA GRID K2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 555X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 907 MHz vs 745 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 5100 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12706 vs 10581
Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 35.283 vs 18.948
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.158 vs 2.58
Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.593 vs 32.988
Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 170.952 vs 114.144
6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2350 vs 344
10.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 312
6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2350 vs 344
10.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 312

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 July 2018 vs 11 May 2013
Core clock speed	907 MHz vs 745 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	12706 vs 10581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.283 vs 18.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.158 vs 2.58
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.593 vs 32.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	170.952 vs 114.144
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2350 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2350 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 312

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K2

4x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 768
Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 968.568 vs 668.308
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6371 vs 4093
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6371 vs 4093

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 768
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	968.568 vs 668.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6371 vs 4093
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6371 vs 4093

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12706

10581

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.283

18.948

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

668.308

968.568

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.158

2.58

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

49.593

32.988

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

170.952

114.144

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

6371

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

344

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

312

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

6371

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

344

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

312

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	NVIDIA GRID K2
Geekbench - OpenCL	12706	10581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.283	18.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	668.308	968.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.158	2.58
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.593	32.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	170.952	114.144
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4093	6371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2350	344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	312
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4093	6371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2350	344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	312
PassMark - G3D Mark		2737
PassMark - G2D Mark		319

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	NVIDIA GRID K2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler
Code name	Polaris 21	GK104
Launch date	16 July 2018	11 May 2013
Place in performance rating	964	967
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$5,199
Technical info
Core clock speed	907 MHz	745 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	2x 1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,540 million
Floating-point performance		2x 2,289 gflops
Texture fill rate		2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	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
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 160.0 GB / s