NVIDIA GRID K1 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K1 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K1

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
34.5x more texture fill rate: 4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 4x 192 vs 48
10.9x better floating-point performance: 4x 326.4 gflops vs 120 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
21.3x more maximum memory size: 4x 4 GB vs 768 MB
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 651 vs 282
6.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 259 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2013 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4x 192 vs 48
Floating-point performance	4x 326.4 gflops vs 120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4x 4 GB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	651 vs 282
PassMark - G2D Mark	259 vs 41

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2389 vs 319
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2389 vs 319

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2389 vs 319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2389 vs 319

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K1
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

651

282

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

259

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

319

2389

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

319

2389

Name	NVIDIA GRID K1	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	651	282
PassMark - G2D Mark	259	41
Geekbench - OpenCL	1976
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	319	2389
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	319	2389

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K1	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK107	G94
Launch date	18 March 2013	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,140
Place in performance rating	1519	1517
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	4x 326.4 gflops	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	4x 192	48
Texture fill rate	4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4x 4 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	4x 28.51 GB / s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	4x 128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2