NVIDIA GRID K260Q vs ATI FirePro V8700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K260Q and ATI FirePro V8700 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 K260Q

ATI FirePro V8700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.2x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Around 92% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 800
Around 91% better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 3400 MHz
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2949 vs 1539
12.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1954 vs 152.6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 11 September 2008
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 800
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 3400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2949 vs 1539
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1954 vs 152.6

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 745 MHz
Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 527 vs 361
4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8543 vs 1954

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	527 vs 361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8543 vs 1954

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K260Q
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2949

1539

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

527

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1954

8543

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1954

152.6

Name	NVIDIA GRID K260Q	ATI FirePro V8700
PassMark - G3D Mark	2949	1539
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	527
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1954	8543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1954	152.6

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K260Q	ATI FirePro V8700
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	RV770
Launch date	28 June 2013	11 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$937	$1,499
Place in performance rating	545	430
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1536	800
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	3400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5