NVIDIA GRID K1 vs AMD Radeon HD 7650M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD Radeon HD 7650M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K1

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 89% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 38.3x more texture fill rate: 4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 4x 192 vs 480
  • 3x better floating-point performance: 4x 326.4 gflops vs 432.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 4x 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 651 vs 437
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 259 vs 60
  • Around 66% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1976 vs 1191
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.591 vs 3.699
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1237 vs 1042
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1237 vs 1042
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 March 2013 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 4x 192 vs 480
Floating-point performance 4x 326.4 gflops vs 432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4x 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 651 vs 437
PassMark - G2D Mark 259 vs 60
Geekbench - OpenCL 1976 vs 1191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.591 vs 3.699
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1237 vs 1042
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1237 vs 1042

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7650M

  • 6.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 220.859 vs 169.864
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.375 vs 0.336
  • 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 44.624 vs 10.43
  • 5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1949 vs 354
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1733 vs 319
  • 5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1949 vs 354
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1733 vs 319
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 220.859 vs 169.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.375 vs 0.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.624 vs 10.43
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1949 vs 354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1733 vs 319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1949 vs 354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1733 vs 319

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K1
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7650M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
651
437
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
259
60
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1976
1191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.591
3.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
169.864
220.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.336
0.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.43
44.624
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1237
1042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
354
1949
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
319
1733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1237
1042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
354
1949
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
319
1733
Name NVIDIA GRID K1 AMD Radeon HD 7650M
PassMark - G3D Mark 651 437
PassMark - G2D Mark 259 60
Geekbench - OpenCL 1976 1191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.591 3.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 169.864 220.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.336 0.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 10.43 44.624
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1237 1042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 354 1949
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 319 1733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1237 1042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 354 1949
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 319 1733
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 680

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GRID K1 AMD Radeon HD 7650M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK107 Thames
Launch date 18 March 2013 7 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $4,140
Place in performance rating 1525 1528
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 4x 326.4 gflops 432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 4x 192 480
Texture fill rate 4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec 10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 20 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 716 million
Boost clock speed 550 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4x 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 4x 28.51 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 4x 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0