AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) and NVIDIA GRID K240Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 745 MHz
855.7x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 95.36 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 225 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 212
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3301 vs 2541

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 745 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	409 vs 212
PassMark - G3D Mark	3301 vs 2541

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1024
880.4x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Pipelines	1536 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K240Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

409

212

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3301

2541

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GRID K240Q
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572
PassMark - G2D Mark	409	212
PassMark - G3D Mark	3301	2541
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3938
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3667

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GRID K240Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler
Code name	Baffin	GK104
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	28 June 2013
Place in performance rating	489	492
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$469
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	1536
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	95.36 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support