NVIDIA GRID K120Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K120Q and AMD Radeon HD 7870M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K120Q
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 6% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 800 MHz
Launch date | 2 July 2014 vs 24 April 2012 |
Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870M
- 2.4x more texture fill rate: 32 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
- 3.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 192
- 3.1x better floating-point performance: 1,024 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
- 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 130 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
- 2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
- 5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1507 vs 293
- 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 556 vs 278
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 32 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 640 vs 192 |
Floating-point performance | 1,024 gflops vs 326.4 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 130 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz vs 1782 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1507 vs 293 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 556 vs 278 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K120Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870M
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GRID K120Q | AMD Radeon HD 7870M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 293 | 1507 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 278 | 556 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1367 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1367 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GRID K120Q | AMD Radeon HD 7870M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Kepler | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | GK107 | Heathrow |
Launch date | 2 July 2014 | 24 April 2012 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $125 | |
Place in performance rating | 574 | 577 |
Type | Workstation | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 800 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 326.4 gflops | 1,024 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 192 | 640 |
Texture fill rate | 13.6 GTexel / s | 32 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 130 Watt | 45 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,270 million | 1,500 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_1) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 28.51 GB / s | 64 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1782 MHz | 4000 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 |