NVIDIA GRID K240Q vs ATI FireGL V7200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K240Q and ATI FireGL V7200 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 K240Q

ATI FireGL V7200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 600 MHz
9.9x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1300 MHz
21.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2541 vs 116

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2541 vs 116

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7200

Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 348 vs 212

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	348 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K240Q
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2541

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

348

Name	NVIDIA GRID K240Q	ATI FireGL V7200
PassMark - G3D Mark	2541	116
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3938
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3667

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K240Q	ATI FireGL V7200
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK104	R520
Launch date	28 June 2013	1 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$469	$1,279
Place in performance rating	489	492
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	321 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
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	41.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3