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).

NVIDIA GRID K140Q

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

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
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
Essentials
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	323	321
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		292 mm
Supplementary power connectors		3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
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