NVIDIA GRID K220Q vs AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K220Q and AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM 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 K220Q

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	2 July 2014 vs 8 January 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 745 MHz
Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 66% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3583 vs 2128
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3583 vs 2128
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 2660
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 2660

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 745 MHz
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3583 vs 2128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3583 vs 2128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339 vs 2660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339 vs 2660

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K220Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2128

3583

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2128

3583

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2660

3339

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2660

3339

Name	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	912
PassMark - G2D Mark	539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	833
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2128	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2128	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2660	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2660	3339

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK104	Tahiti
Launch date	2 July 2014	8 January 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$469
Place in performance rating	753	755
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2048
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		274 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5