NVIDIA GRID K120Q vs AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K120Q and AMD Radeon R9 255 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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 6 month(s) later
Launch date | 2 July 2014 vs 21 December 2013 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
- Around 6% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 850 MHz
- 2.2x more texture fill rate: 29.76 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
- 2.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 192
- 2.9x better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
- 2.6x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1782 MHz
- 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1392 vs 293
- Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 379 vs 278
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 900 MHz vs 850 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 29.76 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 512 vs 192 |
Floating-point performance | 952.3 gflops vs 326.4 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt vs 130 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 4600 MHz vs 1782 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1392 vs 293 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 379 vs 278 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K120Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GRID K120Q | AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 293 | 1392 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 278 | 379 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 40722 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3112 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3112 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3168 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3168 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3346 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3346 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GRID K120Q | AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Kepler | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | GK107 | Cape Verde |
Launch date | 2 July 2014 | 21 December 2013 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $125 | |
Place in performance rating | 603 | 604 |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 900 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 326.4 gflops | 952.3 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 192 | 512 |
Texture fill rate | 13.6 GTexel / s | 29.76 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 130 Watt | 65 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,270 million | 1,500 million |
Boost clock speed | 930 MHz | |
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 |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
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 | 73.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1782 MHz | 4600 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |