NVIDIA GRID K260Q vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K260Q and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM 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

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 589 MHz
40.5x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
192x more pipelines: 1536 vs 8
102x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
23.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2949 vs 126
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 26 November 2009
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2949 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	361 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

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: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2949

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

309

Name	NVIDIA GRID K260Q	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2949	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	309
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	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GK104	GT218
Launch date	28 June 2013	26 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$937
Place in performance rating	552	555
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	8
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	2.356 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2