NVIDIA GRID K120Q vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K120Q and AMD Radeon R9 260 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, 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 R9 260 OEM

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 260 OEM

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
4.7x more pipelines: 896 vs 192
6x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 130 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 1782 MHz
10.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3182 vs 293
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 278

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3182 vs 293
PassMark - G2D Mark	586 vs 278

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K120Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

293

3182

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

586

Name	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	293	3182
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1980

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 2.0
Code name	GK107	Bonaire
Launch date	2 July 2014	21 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$125
Place in performance rating	573	574
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	192	896
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		183 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	6500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5