NVIDIA GRID K240Q vs ATI FireGL V7700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K240Q and ATI FireGL V7700 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 V7700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
7.7x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 320
4.6x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2252 MHz
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2541 vs 660

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 19 November 2007
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2252 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2541 vs 660

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7700

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 745 MHz
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	777 MHz vs 745 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K240Q
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2541

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

422

Name	NVIDIA GRID K240Q	ATI FireGL V7700
PassMark - G3D Mark	2541	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	422
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 V7700
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	RV670
Launch date	28 June 2013	19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$469	$899
Place in performance rating	489	351
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	777 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1536	320
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	2252 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4