NVIDIA GRID K160Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K160Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GRID K160Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K160Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1026 MHz

Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 15 March 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1026 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

2.1x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 850 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 28.8 billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s
2.1x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 116 Watt vs 130 Watt
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1554 vs 628
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 377 vs 262
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2488 vs 1237
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2488 vs 1237
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3351 vs 1871
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3351 vs 1871
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 2654
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 2654

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	116 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1554 vs 628
PassMark - G2D Mark	377 vs 262
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2488 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2488 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3351 vs 1871
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3351 vs 1871
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322 vs 2654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322 vs 2654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K160Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

628

1554

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

377

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1237

2488

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1237

2488

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1871

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1871

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

3322

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

3322

Name	NVIDIA GRID K160Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark	628	1554
PassMark - G2D Mark	262	377
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1237	2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1237	2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1871	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1871	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2654	3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2654	3322
Geekbench - OpenCL		5772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		354.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		41.941
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		322

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K160Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK107	GF116
Launch date	28 June 2013	15 March 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	$149
Place in performance rating	1045	1046
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$287.59
Value for money (0-100)		7.49
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1800 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	192
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	28.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	116 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		100 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		8.25" (21 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		One 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	98.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1026 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI