NVIDIA GRID K260Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K260Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

NVIDIA GRID K260Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 14% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1344
833.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 10 May 2012
Pipelines	1536 vs 1344
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Around 32% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 745 MHz
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Around 7% better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5345 vs 2949
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 537 vs 361
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7038 vs 6474
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7038 vs 6474
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3686 vs 1898
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3686 vs 1898
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 1954
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 1954

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 745 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5345 vs 2949
PassMark - G2D Mark	537 vs 361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7038 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7038 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3686 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3686 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 1954
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 1954

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K260Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2949

5345

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

537

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6474

7038

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6474

7038

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1898

3686

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1898

3686

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1954

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1954

3361

Name	NVIDIA GRID K260Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
PassMark - G3D Mark	2949	5345
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	537
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6474	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6474	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1898	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1898	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1954	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1954	3361
Geekbench - OpenCL		15511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		86.208
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1839

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K260Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Kepler
Code name	GK104	GK104
Launch date	28 June 2013	10 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$937	$399
Place in performance rating	552	554
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$474.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.20
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	1344
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	3,540 million
Boost clock speed		980 MHz
CUDA cores		1344
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
Supplementary power connectors		Two 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA