NVIDIA GRID K220Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K220Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 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 690

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 539 vs 462
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2128 vs 1849
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2128 vs 1849
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2660 vs 1673
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2660 vs 1673

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2014 vs 3 May 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	539 vs 462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2128 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2128 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2660 vs 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2660 vs 1673

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Around 23% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 745 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 95.36 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 1536
2.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,130 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 512 MB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5518 vs 912
8.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6875 vs 833
8.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6875 vs 833

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 745 MHz
Texture fill rate	234 billion / sec vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5518 vs 912
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6875 vs 833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6875 vs 833

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K220Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

912

5518

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

539

462

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

833

6875

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

833

6875

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2128

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2128

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2660

1673

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2660

1673

Name	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
PassMark - G3D Mark	912	5518
PassMark - G2D Mark	539	462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	833	6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	833	6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2128	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2128	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2660	1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2660	1673
Geekbench - OpenCL		16675
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		97.861
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Kepler
Code name	GK104	GK104
Launch date	2 July 2014	3 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$469	$999
Place in performance rating	749	750
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$999
Value for money (0-100)		7.01
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	915 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	234 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	3,540 million
Boost clock speed		1019 MHz
CUDA cores		3072
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
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		11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		Two 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	384 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA