NVIDIA GRID K2 vs NVIDIA GRID K1

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K2 and NVIDIA GRID K1 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K2

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
• 4x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 4x 192
• 3.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,289 gflops vs 4x 326.4 gflops
• 2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
• 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2737 vs 651
• Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 319 vs 259
• 5.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10581 vs 1976
• 4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.948 vs 4.591
• 5.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 968.568 vs 169.864
• 7.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.58 vs 0.336
• 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.988 vs 8.734
• 10.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 114.144 vs 10.43
• 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6371 vs 1237
• 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6371 vs 1237

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K1

• Around 14% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 745 MHz
• Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 4x 13.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec
• Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 225 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4x 4 GB vs 2x 4 GB
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 354 vs 344
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 319 vs 312
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 354 vs 344
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 319 vs 312

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K1

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2737 651
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	319 259
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	10581 1976
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.948 4.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	968.568 169.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.58 0.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	32.988 8.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	114.144 10.43
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6371 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	344 354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	312 319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6371 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	344 354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	312 319

Compare specifications (specs)