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).

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

AMD Radeon HD 7870M

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

293

1507

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

556

Name	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	AMD Radeon HD 7870M
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
Essentials
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	573	575
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
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