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.

NVIDIA GRID K220Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

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		13135
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	750	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