NVIDIA GRID K140Q vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K140Q and AMD Radeon HD 8990 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, 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).

NVIDIA GRID K140Q

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K140Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 375 Watt

Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 24 April 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 375 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 850 MHz
156.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s
21.3x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 192
25.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
6x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 1 GB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5214 vs 728
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 457

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 192
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214 vs 728
PassMark - G2D Mark	658 vs 457

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K140Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

728

5214

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

457

658

Name	NVIDIA GRID K140Q	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	728	5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	457	658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		470.237

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K140Q	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK107	Malta
Launch date	28 June 2013	24 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	$999
Place in performance rating	323	320
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	950 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	192	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	4,313 million
Boost clock speed		1000 MHz
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		307 mm
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 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5