NVIDIA GRID K240Q vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K240Q and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 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).

NVIDIA GRID K240Q

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 76.8 billion / sec
6x more pipelines: 1536 vs 2x 128
3x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2541 vs 798
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3667 vs 3238
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3667 vs 3238

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 18 March 2008
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 76.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	1536 vs 2x 128
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2541 vs 798
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3667 vs 3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3667 vs 3238

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

2x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 745 MHz
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 197 Watt vs 225 Watt
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 518 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	197 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	518 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K240Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2541

798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

518

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3667

3238

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3667

3238

Name	NVIDIA GRID K240Q	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2541	798
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	518
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	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3667	3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K240Q	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK104	G92
Launch date	28 June 2013	18 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$469	$599
Place in performance rating	491	488
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1536	2x 128
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	76.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	197 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	754 million
CUDA cores		256 (128 per GPU)
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI