AMD Radeon Pro 560X vs NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 560X and NVIDIA GRID K280Q 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 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 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3678 vs 2840
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 711 vs 371
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2495 vs 1312
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2495 vs 1312
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 2840
PassMark - G2D Mark 711 vs 371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2495 vs 1312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2495 vs 1312

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K280Q

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1024
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6555 vs 5367
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3562 vs 3351
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6555 vs 5367
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3562 vs 3351
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1536 vs 1024
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6555 vs 5367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3562 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6555 vs 5367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3562 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 560X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K280Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3678
2840
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
711
371
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5367
6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2495
1312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5367
6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2495
1312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3562
Name AMD Radeon Pro 560X NVIDIA GRID K280Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 3678 2840
PassMark - G2D Mark 711 371
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 6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2495 1312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5367 6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2495 1312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3562

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 560X NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Kepler
Code name Polaris 21 GK104
Launch date 16 July 2018 28 June 2013
Place in performance rating 543 541
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,875

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 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s