NVIDIA GRID K240Q vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K240Q and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K240Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 600 MHz
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
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2541 vs 676

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 18 April 2008
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 600 MHz
Pipelines	1536 vs 2x 128
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 226 Watt
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2541 vs 676

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

2.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 95.36 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 1 GB
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 212
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4196 vs 3667
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4196 vs 3667

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	509 vs 212
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4196 vs 3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4196 vs 3667

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K240Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2541

676

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

509

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3667

4196

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3667

4196

Name	NVIDIA GRID K240Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2541	676
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	509
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	4196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3667	4196

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K240Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK104	G92
Launch date	28 June 2013	18 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$469	$2,999
Place in performance rating	489	490
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	600 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	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	226 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 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	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	2x 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3