NVIDIA GRID K1 vs AMD Radeon HD 6480G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD Radeon HD 6480G 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).

NVIDIA GRID K1

AMD Radeon HD 6480G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K1

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 91% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 444 MHz
3.2x more pipelines: 4x 192 vs 240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 651 vs 257
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 259 vs 81
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1976 vs 673
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1237 vs 592
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1237 vs 592

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2013 vs 15 June 2011
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 444 MHz
Pipelines	4x 192 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	651 vs 257
PassMark - G2D Mark	259 vs 81
Geekbench - OpenCL	1976 vs 673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1237 vs 592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1237 vs 592

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6480G

3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1082 vs 354
5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1696 vs 319
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1082 vs 354
5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1696 vs 319

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1082 vs 354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1696 vs 319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1082 vs 354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1696 vs 319

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K1
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6480G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

651

257

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

259

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1976

673

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1237

592

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

354

1082

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

319

1696

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1237

592

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

354

1082

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

319

1696

Name	NVIDIA GRID K1	AMD Radeon HD 6480G
PassMark - G3D Mark	651	257
PassMark - G2D Mark	259	81
Geekbench - OpenCL	1976	673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	169.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	10.43
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1237	592
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	354	1082
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	319	1696
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1237	592
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	354	1082
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	319	1696

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K1	AMD Radeon HD 6480G
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Terascale 2
Code name	GK107	Llano
Launch date	18 March 2013	15 June 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,140
Place in performance rating	1525	1528
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	444 MHz
Floating-point performance	4x 326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	4x 192	240
Texture fill rate	4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	1000 Million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	4x 28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	4x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory		1