NVIDIA GRID K180Q vs ATI Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K180Q and ATI Radeon 9000 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).

NVIDIA GRID K180Q

ATI Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K180Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 250 MHz
13.6x more texture fill rate: 13.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 400 MHz
133.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 534 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	534 vs 4

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000

4.6x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 123 vs 113

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	123 vs 113

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K180Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

534

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

123

Name	NVIDIA GRID K180Q	ATI Radeon 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	534	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	113	123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2688

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K180Q	ATI Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rage 7
Code name	GK107	RV250
Launch date	28 June 2013	1 July 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$125
Place in performance rating	1255	1253
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.6	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR