NVIDIA GRID K120Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K120Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 170 Watt
297x more memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Launch date	2 July 2014 vs 10 May 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 850 MHz
7.5x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s
7x more pipelines: 1344 vs 192
7.5x better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
18.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5324 vs 293
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 278

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 192
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5324 vs 293
PassMark - G2D Mark	532 vs 278

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K120Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

293

5324

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

532

Name	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
PassMark - G3D Mark	293	5324
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	532
Geekbench - OpenCL		15582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1832

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K120Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Kepler
Code name	GK107	GK104
Launch date	2 July 2014	10 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	$399
Place in performance rating	574	576
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$474.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.20
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	192	1344
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	3,540 million
Boost clock speed		980 MHz
CUDA cores		1344
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
Supplementary power connectors		Two 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA