AMD Radeon Pro 560X vs NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 560X and NVIDIA GRID K260Q 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).

AMD Radeon Pro 560X

NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 560X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1004 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: 5080 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3678 vs 2949
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 711 vs 361
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2495 vs 1898
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 1954
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2495 vs 1898
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 1954

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 July 2018 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed	1004 MHz vs 745 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3678 vs 2949
PassMark - G2D Mark	711 vs 361
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2495 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2495 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 1954

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1024
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6474 vs 5367
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6474 vs 5367

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1536 vs 1024
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6474 vs 5367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6474 vs 5367

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 560X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K260Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3678

2949

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

711

361

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5367

6474

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2495

1898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

1954

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5367

6474

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2495

1898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

1954

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 560X	NVIDIA GRID K260Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	3678	2949
PassMark - G2D Mark	711	361
Geekbench - OpenCL	17540
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	48.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	679.583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	62.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	247.728
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5367	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2495	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5367	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2495	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	1954

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 560X	NVIDIA GRID K260Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler
Code name	Polaris 21	GK104
Launch date	16 July 2018	28 June 2013
Place in performance rating	543	545
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$937
Technical info
Core clock speed	1004 MHz	745 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,540 million
Floating-point performance		2,289 gflops
Texture fill rate		95.36 GTexel / s
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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		160.0 GB / s