NVIDIA GRID K220Q vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K220Q and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 425 MHz
18.7x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 912 vs 149
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 539 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2014 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	912 vs 149
PassMark - G2D Mark	539 vs 235

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 83 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	83 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K220Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

912

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

539

235

Name	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	912	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	539	235
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2660

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K220Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	NV41
Launch date	2 July 2014	28 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$469	$135.75
Place in performance rating	760	762
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	83 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3