NVIDIA GRID K220Q vs ATI FireGL V3600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K220Q and ATI FireGL V3600 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

ATI FireGL V3600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 600 MHz
19.9x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
12.8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 120
15.9x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 144 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 912 vs 180
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 539 vs 399
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2660 vs 1755
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2660 vs 1755

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2014 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 120
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	912 vs 180
PassMark - G2D Mark	539 vs 399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2660 vs 1755
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2660 vs 1755

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3600

3.1x lower typical power consumption: 73 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	73 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K220Q
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

912

180

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

539

399

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2660

1755

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2660

1755

Name	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	ATI FireGL V3600
PassMark - G3D Mark	912	180
PassMark - G2D Mark	539	399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	833
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2660	1755
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2660	1755

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	ATI FireGL V3600
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	RV630
Launch date	2 July 2014	28 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$469	$299
Place in performance rating	750	747
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1536	120
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	73 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2