NVIDIA GRID K340 vs NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K340 and NVIDIA GeForce 505 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID K340

NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K340

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 615 MHz
91.3x more texture fill rate: 4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.712 GTexel / s
96x more pipelines: 4x 384 vs 16
65.1x better floating-point performance: 4x 729.6 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4x 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 17 February 2013
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 615 MHz
Texture fill rate	4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.712 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4x 384 vs 16
Floating-point performance	4x 729.6 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4x 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

9x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K340
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

Name	NVIDIA GRID K340	NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	411.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	36.699
PassMark - G2D Mark		66
PassMark - G3D Mark		118
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1079
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1079

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K340	NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GK107	GT216
Launch date	23 July 2013	17 February 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,299
Place in performance rating	1584	1585
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	615 MHz
Floating-point performance	4x 729.6 gflops	44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	4x 384	16
Texture fill rate	4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.712 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	486 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 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4x 1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	4x 28.8 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	4x 64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3