NVIDIA GRID K280Q vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K280Q and ATI Radeon X1950 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID K280Q

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 575 MHz
13.8x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 6.9 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: 4 GB vs 256 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1380 MHz
25.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2840 vs 113
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 318

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 1 October 2006
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2840 vs 113
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 318

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

3.4x lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K280Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2840

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

318

Name	NVIDIA GRID K280Q	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	2840	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	318
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3562
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1312

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K280Q	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK104	RV570
Launch date	28 June 2013	1 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,875
Place in performance rating	542	539
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3