NVIDIA GRID K120Q vs ATI FireMV 2250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K120Q and ATI FireMV 2250 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.

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

ATI FireMV 2250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 13.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1000 MHz
6.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 293 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2014 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	293 vs 46

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2250

4.1x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 290 vs 278

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	290 vs 278

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K120Q
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

293

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

290

Name	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	ATI FireMV 2250
PassMark - G3D Mark	293	46
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	290

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	ATI FireMV 2250
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK107	RV516
Launch date	2 July 2014	1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$125
Place in performance rating	573	570
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x S-Video, 1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2