NVIDIA GRID K180Q vs ATI Radeon X1600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K180Q and ATI Radeon X1600 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 X1600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K180Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 635 MHz
5.4x more texture fill rate: 13.6 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 800 MHz
10.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 534 vs 49
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2688 vs 1019
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2688 vs 1019

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 635 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s vs 2.54 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	534 vs 49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2688 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2688 vs 1019

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

4.8x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 113

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 113

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K180Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

534

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

209

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2688

1019

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2688

1019

Name	NVIDIA GRID K180Q	ATI Radeon X1600
PassMark - G3D Mark	534	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	113	209
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	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2688	1019

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K180Q	ATI Radeon X1600
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK107	RV516
Launch date	28 June 2013	1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$125
Place in performance rating	1255	1252
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	635 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	2.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2