NVIDIA GRID K340 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K340 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 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: 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID K340

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K340

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
66.2x more texture fill rate: 4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec
32x more pipelines: 4x 384 vs 48
18.8x better floating-point performance: 4x 729.6 gflops vs 155.52 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 (DDR3)
4x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 900 MHz (DDR3)
4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.822 vs 2.597
5.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 411.582 vs 76.214
4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.116 vs 0.239
3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.441 vs 5.862
8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 36.699 vs 4.574

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 13 April 2011
Texture fill rate	4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec
Pipelines	4x 384 vs 48
Floating-point performance	4x 729.6 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4x 1 GB vs 1 GB (DDR3)
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 900 MHz (DDR3)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.822 vs 2.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	411.582 vs 76.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.116 vs 0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.441 vs 5.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	36.699 vs 4.574

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Around 71% higher core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 950 MHz
7.8x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 950 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K340
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.822

2.597

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

411.582

76.214

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.116

0.239

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.441

5.862

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

36.699

4.574

Name	NVIDIA GRID K340	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.822	2.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	411.582	76.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.116	0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.441	5.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	36.699	4.574
PassMark - G3D Mark		311
PassMark - G2D Mark		135
Geekbench - OpenCL		1262
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1455

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K340	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK107	GF119
Launch date	23 July 2013	13 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,299	$59
Place in performance rating	1595	1598
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		7.58
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	1620 MHz
Floating-point performance	4x 729.6 gflops	155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	4x 384	48
Texture fill rate	4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	6.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	292 million
CUDA cores		48
Maximum GPU temperature		102 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		2.7" (6.9 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4x 1 GB	1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth	4x 28.8 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	4x 64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
CUDA