NVIDIA GRID K120Q vs AMD Radeon R7 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K120Q and AMD Radeon R7 260 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, 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).

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

AMD Radeon R7 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1625 MHz

Launch date	2 July 2014 vs 17 December 2013
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1625 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

3.5x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 768 vs 192
4.7x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
9.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2892 vs 293
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 278

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892 vs 293
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 278

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K120Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

293

2892

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

559

Name	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	AMD Radeon R7 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	293	2892
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		240.395

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	AMD Radeon R7 260
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 2.0
Code name	GK107	Bonaire
Launch date	2 July 2014	17 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	$109
Place in performance rating	574	575
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		44.11
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	192	768
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	2,080 million
Boost clock speed		1100 MHz
Stream Processors		896
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	104 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1625 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync