NVIDIA GRID K160Q vs AMD Radeon HD 6650M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K160Q and AMD Radeon HD 6650M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GRID K160Q

AMD Radeon HD 6650M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K160Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 224

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	262 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1871 vs 1866
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1871 vs 1866

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650M

Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 480 vs 192
Around 76% better floating-point performance: 576.0 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 753 vs 628
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3334 vs 2654
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3334 vs 2654

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 192
Floating-point performance	576.0 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	753 vs 628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3334 vs 2654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3334 vs 2654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K160Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6650M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

628

753

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

224

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1871

1866

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1871

1866

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

3334

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

3334

Name	NVIDIA GRID K160Q	AMD Radeon HD 6650M
PassMark - G3D Mark	628	753
PassMark - G2D Mark	262	224
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1871	1866
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1871	1866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2654	3334
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2654	3334
Geekbench - OpenCL		5780

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K160Q	AMD Radeon HD 6650M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	Whistler
Launch date	28 June 2013	4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$125
Place in performance rating	1044	1046
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	480
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory		0