NVIDIA GRID K220Q vs ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K220Q and ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP 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 Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 498 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 912 vs 141
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 539 vs 442
4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2660 vs 568
4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2660 vs 568

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2014 vs 1 March 2010
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 498 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	912 vs 141
PassMark - G2D Mark	539 vs 442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2660 vs 568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2660 vs 568

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K220Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

912

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

539

442

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2660

568

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2660

568

Name	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	912	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	539	442
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	568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2660	568

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	RS880
Launch date	2 July 2014	1 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$469
Place in performance rating	750	753
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	498 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5