NVIDIA GRID K260Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K260Q and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 93.6 GTexel / s
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6474 vs 2810
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6474 vs 2810
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 June 2013 vs 19 November 2012
Texture fill rate 95.36 GTexel / s vs 93.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6474 vs 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6474 vs 2810

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

  • Around 24% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 745 MHz
  • Around 31% better floating-point performance: 2,995 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
  • Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 2949
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 361
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3264 vs 1898
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3264 vs 1898
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1954
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1954
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 745 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,995 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4470 vs 2949
PassMark - G2D Mark 661 vs 361
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3264 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3264 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 1954
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 1954

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K260Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2949
4470
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
361
661
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6474
2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6474
2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1898
3264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1898
3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1954
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1954
3354
Name NVIDIA GRID K260Q AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 2949 4470
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 661
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6474 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6474 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1898 3264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1898 3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1954 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1954 3354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1230.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 78.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 345.793
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1745

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GRID K260Q AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Tahiti
Launch date 28 June 2013 19 November 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $937 $270
Place in performance rating 548 545
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz 925 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops 2,995 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1536 1536
Texture fill rate 95.36 GTexel / s 93.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 185 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 4,313 million
Boost clock speed 975 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5