NVIDIA GRID K280Q vs NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K280Q and NVIDIA GeForce 6500 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K280Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 86% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 59.6x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
  • 7.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 666 MHz
  • 74.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2840 vs 38
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 300
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 June 2013 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed 745 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 95.36 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2840 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 vs 300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K280Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6500

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2840
38
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
371
300
Name NVIDIA GRID K280Q NVIDIA GeForce 6500
PassMark - G3D Mark 2840 38
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 300
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 NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Curie
Code name GK104 NV44 A2
Launch date 28 June 2013 1 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $1,875
Place in performance rating 542 545
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 1536
Texture fill rate 95.36 GTexel / s 1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 75 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 666 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2