NVIDIA GRID K220Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K220Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K220Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 42 billion / sec
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 480
  • Around 70% better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 1,345.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 539 vs 445
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 July 2014 vs 26 March 2010
Core clock speed 745 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 95.36 GTexel / s vs 42 billion / sec
Pipelines 1536 vs 480
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops vs 1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 539 vs 445

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

  • 3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
  • 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4107 vs 912
  • 6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5110 vs 833
  • 6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5110 vs 833
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3658 vs 2128
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3658 vs 2128
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3320 vs 2660
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3320 vs 2660
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4107 vs 912
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5110 vs 833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5110 vs 833
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3658 vs 2128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3658 vs 2128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3320 vs 2660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3320 vs 2660

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K220Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
912
4107
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
539
445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
833
5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
833
5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2128
3658
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2128
3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2660
3320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2660
3320
Name NVIDIA GRID K220Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
PassMark - G3D Mark 912 4107
PassMark - G2D Mark 539 445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 833 5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 833 5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2128 3658
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2128 3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2660 3320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2660 3320
Geekbench - OpenCL 13123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 106.875
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GRID K220Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK104 GF100
Launch date 2 July 2014 26 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $469 $499
Place in performance rating 749 751
Type Workstation Desktop
Price now $71.99
Value for money (0-100) 61.35

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops 1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1536 480
Texture fill rate 95.36 GTexel / s 42 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 3,100 million
CUDA cores 480
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options 2-way, 3-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
SLI