NVIDIA GRID K140Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K140Q and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K140Q
- Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
- 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 500 Watt
Launch date | 28 June 2013 vs 31 August 2012 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 130 Watt vs 500 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
- Around 9% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 850 MHz
- 155.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s
- 21.3x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 192
- 23.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
- 6x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 1 GB
- 3.1x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Core clock speed | 925 MHz vs 850 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2x 2048 vs 192 |
Floating-point performance | 2x 3,789 gflops vs 326.4 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 2x 3 GB vs 1 GB |
Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz vs 1782 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K140Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Name | NVIDIA GRID K140Q | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 728 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 457 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 17.707 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GRID K140Q | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Kepler | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | GK107 | New Zealand |
Launch date | 28 June 2013 | 31 August 2012 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $125 | $899 |
Place in performance rating | 325 | 328 |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 925 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 326.4 gflops | 2x 3,789 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 192 | 2x 2048 |
Texture fill rate | 13.6 GTexel / s | 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 130 Watt | 500 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,270 million | 4,313 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 292 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 3x 8-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 | 1 GB | 2x 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 28.51 GB / s | 2x 264.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2x 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1782 MHz | 5500 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |