AMD Radeon Pro 580 vs NVIDIA GRID K140Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580 and NVIDIA GRID K140Q 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 580

NVIDIA GRID K140Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
14.2x more texture fill rate: 193.0 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 2304 vs 192
18.9x better floating-point performance: 6,175 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6780 MHz vs 1782 MHz
10.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7753 vs 728
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 943 vs 457

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2017 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 192
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753 vs 728
PassMark - G2D Mark	943 vs 457

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K140Q

Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K140Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7753

728

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

943

457

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580	NVIDIA GRID K140Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753	728
PassMark - G2D Mark	943	457
Geekbench - OpenCL	40271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580	NVIDIA GRID K140Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler
Code name	Polaris 20	GK107
Launch date	5 June 2017	28 June 2013
Place in performance rating	330	327
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$125
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	192
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB / s	28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz	1782 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3