NVIDIA GRID K1 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K1 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M 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: 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 Quadro FX 2700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K1

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 530 MHz
32.5x more texture fill rate: 4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12.72 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 4x 192 vs 48
10.3x better floating-point performance: 4x 326.4 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4x 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1598 MHz
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 651 vs 367
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 259 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2013 vs 14 August 2008
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 530 MHz
Texture fill rate	4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4x 192 vs 48
Floating-point performance	4x 326.4 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4x 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1598 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	651 vs 367
PassMark - G2D Mark	259 vs 38

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2376 vs 319
7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2376 vs 319

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2376 vs 319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2376 vs 319

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K1
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

651

367

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

259

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

319

2376

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

319

2376

Name	NVIDIA GRID K1	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
PassMark - G3D Mark	651	367
PassMark - G2D Mark	259	38
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	2376
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	319	2376

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K1	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK107	G94
Launch date	18 March 2013	14 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,140	$99.95
Place in performance rating	1524	1521
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Price now		$99.95
Value for money (0-100)		7.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	4x 326.4 gflops	127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	4x 192	48
Texture fill rate	4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	12.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4x 4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	4x 28.51 GB / s	51.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	4x 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1598 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD