NVIDIA GRID K260Q vs ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K260Q and ATI Radeon X1300 PRO 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 Radeon X1300 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 600 MHz
39.7x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
35.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2949 vs 84
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 313

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 1 November 2006
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2949 vs 84
PassMark - G2D Mark	361 vs 313

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

7.3x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K260Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2949

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

313

Name	NVIDIA GRID K260Q	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	2949	84
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	313
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1954

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K260Q	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK104	RV516
Launch date	28 June 2013	1 November 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$937
Place in performance rating	552	550
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR