NVIDIA GRID K2 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K2 and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL 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).

NVIDIA GRID K2

NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K2

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 300 MHz
123.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 128 MB
7.7x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 650 MHz
547.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2737 vs 5
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 319 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 May 2013 vs 12 November 2002
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2737 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	319 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2737

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

319

181

Name	NVIDIA GRID K2	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	2737	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	319	181
Geekbench - OpenCL	10511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	968.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.58
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	114.144
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	312
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	312

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K2	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Kelvin
Code name	GK104	NV28 A2
Launch date	11 May 2013	12 November 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,199
Place in performance rating	970	967
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR