NVIDIA GRID K240Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7970
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K240Q and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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 K240Q
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
- 3.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1375 MHz
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3938 vs 3704
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3938 vs 3704
- Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3667 vs 3350
- Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3667 vs 3350
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 28 June 2013 vs 22 December 2011 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 1375 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3938 vs 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3938 vs 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3667 vs 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3667 vs 3350 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 95.36 GTexel / s
- Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
- Around 66% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
- 3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9448 vs 6935
- Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9448 vs 6935
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s vs 95.36 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1536 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 2,289 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 1 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9448 vs 6935 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9448 vs 6935 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K240Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970
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| Name | NVIDIA GRID K240Q | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2541 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 212 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6935 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6935 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3938 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3938 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3667 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3667 | 3350 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34541 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 84.413 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1390.592 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.336 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 101.929 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 481.76 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2276 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GRID K240Q | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | |
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| Architecture | Kepler | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GK104 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 28 June 2013 | 22 December 2011 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $469 | $549 |
| Place in performance rating | 499 | 478 |
| Type | Workstation | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 745 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,289 gflops | 3,789 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1536 | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 95.36 GTexel / s | 118.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 4,313 million |
| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | |
| Length | 274 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB / s | 264 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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