AMD Radeon R9 370X vs NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X 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: 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 745 MHz
  • Around 15% better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 6555
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 1312
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 6555
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 1312
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 August 2015 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 745 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393 vs 6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 vs 1312
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 vs 6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 vs 1312

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K280Q

  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 82.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1280
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3562 vs 3348
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3562 vs 3348
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 95.36 GTexel / s vs 82.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 1280
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3562 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3562 vs 3348

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K280Q

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8393
6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
1312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8393
6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
1312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3562
Name AMD Radeon R9 370X NVIDIA GRID K280Q
Geekbench - OpenCL 25659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 337.583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393 6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 1312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 3562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 1312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 3562
PassMark - G3D Mark 2840
PassMark - G2D Mark 371

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 370X NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Trinidad GK104
Launch date 27 August 2015 28 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $199 $1,875
Place in performance rating 543 544
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz 745 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops 2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1536
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s 95.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB / s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5