NVIDIA GRID K240Q vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K240Q and ATI FireGL V8600 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 V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 688 MHz
8.7x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 320
5.2x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2541 vs 839

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2541 vs 839

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 159 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 406 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	159 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	406 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K240Q
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2541

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

406

Name	NVIDIA GRID K240Q	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	2541	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	406
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 V8600
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	R600
Launch date	28 June 2013	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$469	$1,899
Place in performance rating	489	363
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1536	320
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	720 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 1.0 x16
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4