NVIDIA GRID K160Q vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K160Q and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 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, 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).

NVIDIA GRID K160Q

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K160Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 550 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 13.6 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 192 vs 80
3.7x better floating-point performance: 326.4 gflops vs 88 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1400 MHz
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 628 vs 191
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2654 vs 782
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2654 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 1 January 2010
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 80
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops vs 88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	628 vs 191
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2654 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2654 vs 782

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 290 vs 262

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	290 vs 262

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K160Q
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

628

191

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

782

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

782

Name	NVIDIA GRID K160Q	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	628	191
PassMark - G2D Mark	262	290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1871
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1871
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2654	782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2654	782

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K160Q	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK107	M92
Launch date	28 June 2013	1 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$125
Place in performance rating	1044	1047
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	192	80
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay