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).

 

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 312
PassMark - G2D Mark 135
Geekbench - OpenCL 1274
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 1594 1597
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