NVIDIA GRID K340 vs AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K340 and AMD Radeon HD 8470 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GRID K340

AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K340

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 775 MHz
69.4x more texture fill rate: 4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.2 GTexel / s
9.6x more pipelines: 4x 384 vs 160
11.8x better floating-point performance: 4x 729.6 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4x 1 GB vs 1 GB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 3200 MHz
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.822 vs 2.342
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 411.582 vs 121.217
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.116 vs 0.275
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.441 vs 6.14
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 36.699 vs 23.947

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 8 January 2013
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4x 384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	4x 729.6 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4x 1 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.822 vs 2.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	411.582 vs 121.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.116 vs 0.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.441 vs 6.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	36.699 vs 23.947

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

6.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K340
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.822

2.342

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

411.582

121.217

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.116

0.275

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.441

6.14

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

36.699

23.947

Name	NVIDIA GRID K340	AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.822	2.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	411.582	121.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.116	0.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.441	6.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	36.699	23.947
PassMark - G2D Mark		168
PassMark - G3D Mark		252
Geekbench - OpenCL		785

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K340	AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	Caicos
Launch date	23 July 2013	8 January 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,299
Place in performance rating	1579	1581
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	4x 729.6 gflops	248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	4x 384	160
Texture fill rate	4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4x 1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	4x 28.8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	4x 64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5