NVIDIA GRID K220Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K220Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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 660

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 78.4 billion / sec
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 960
Around 16% better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 1,981 gflops
833.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 539 vs 484

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2014 vs 6 September 2012
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 78.4 billion / sec
Pipelines	1536 vs 960
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 1,981 gflops
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	539 vs 484

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Around 32% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 745 MHz
Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 225 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4014 vs 912
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 833
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 833
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 2128
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 2128
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 2660
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 2660

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4014 vs 912
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3581 vs 833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3581 vs 833
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690 vs 2128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690 vs 2128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3365 vs 2660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365 vs 2660

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K220Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

912

4014

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

539

484

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

833

3581

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

833

3581

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2128

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2128

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2660

3365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2660

3365

Name	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark	912	4014
PassMark - G2D Mark	539	484
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	833	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	833	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2128	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2128	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2660	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2660	3365
Geekbench - OpenCL		11372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		62.69
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Kepler
Code name	GK104	GK106
Launch date	2 July 2014	6 September 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$469	$229
Place in performance rating	755	757
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$349.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.35
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	960
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	2,540 million
Boost clock speed		1033 MHz
CUDA cores		960
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		One 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA