NVIDIA GRID K160Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K160Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M 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 680M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K160Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 720 MHz

Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 4 June 2012
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 720 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

5.9x more texture fill rate: 80.6 billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s
7x more pipelines: 1344 vs 192
6.2x better floating-point performance: 2,038 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 130 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3216 vs 628
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 338 vs 262
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1263 vs 1237
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1263 vs 1237
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2409 vs 1871
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2409 vs 1871
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3111 vs 2654
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3111 vs 2654

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	80.6 billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 192
Floating-point performance	2,038 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3216 vs 628
PassMark - G2D Mark	338 vs 262
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1263 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1263 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2409 vs 1871
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2409 vs 1871
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3111 vs 2654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3111 vs 2654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K160Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

628

3216

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

338

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1237

1263

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1237

1263

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1871

2409

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1871

2409

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

3111

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

3111

Name	NVIDIA GRID K160Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
PassMark - G3D Mark	628	3216
PassMark - G2D Mark	262	338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1237	1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1237	1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1871	2409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1871	2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2654	3111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2654	3111
Geekbench - OpenCL		10001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		28.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		879.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		40.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		99.75
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K160Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Kepler
Code name	GK107	GK104
Launch date	28 June 2013	4 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	$310.50
Place in performance rating	1046	1048
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Price now		$499.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.46
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	720 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	2,038 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	192	1344
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	80.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	3,540 million
Boost clock speed		758 MHz
CUDA cores		1344
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
SLI
TXAA