NVIDIA GRID K280Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K280Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (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 K280Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2048 MB
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3562 vs 3306
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3562 vs 3306

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 22 March 2012
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2048 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3562 vs 3306
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3562 vs 3306

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 745 MHz
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Around 35% better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 195 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5590 vs 2840
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 371
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7222 vs 6555
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7222 vs 6555
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3666 vs 1312
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3666 vs 1312

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 745 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	3,090.4 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	195 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5590 vs 2840
PassMark - G2D Mark	532 vs 371
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7222 vs 6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7222 vs 6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3666 vs 1312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3666 vs 1312

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K280Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2840

5590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

532

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6555

7222

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6555

7222

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3562

3306

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3562

3306

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1312

3666

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1312

3666

Name	NVIDIA GRID K280Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
PassMark - G3D Mark	2840	5590
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	532
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6555	7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6555	7222
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3562	3306
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3562	3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1312	3666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1312	3666
Geekbench - OpenCL		18377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		99.577
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2004

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K280Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Kepler
Code name	GK104	GK104
Launch date	28 June 2013	22 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,875	$499
Place in performance rating	548	549
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$579.99
Value for money (0-100)		12.83
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	1006 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	1536
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	128.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	195 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	3,540 million
Boost clock speed		1058 MHz
CUDA cores		1536
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
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		10.0" (25.4 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	4 GB	2048 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA