NVIDIA GRID K340 vs NVIDIA NVS 315

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K340 and NVIDIA NVS 315 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 - 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 NVS 315

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K340

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 82% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 523 MHz
102.9x more texture fill rate: 4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.184 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 4x 384 vs 48
29.1x better floating-point performance: 4x 729.6 gflops vs 100.4 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
2.1x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1750 MHz
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.822 vs 3.025
5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 411.582 vs 79.479
5.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.116 vs 0.217
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.441 vs 4.705
5.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 36.699 vs 6.573

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 10 March 2013
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 523 MHz
Texture fill rate	4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4x 384 vs 48
Floating-point performance	4x 729.6 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4x 1 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1750 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.822 vs 3.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	411.582 vs 79.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.116 vs 0.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.441 vs 4.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	36.699 vs 6.573

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 315

11.8x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K340
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 315

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.822

3.025

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

411.582

79.479

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.116

0.217

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.441

4.705

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

36.699

6.573

Name	NVIDIA GRID K340	NVIDIA NVS 315
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.822	3.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	411.582	79.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.116	0.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.441	4.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	36.699	6.573
PassMark - G3D Mark		320
PassMark - G2D Mark		180
Geekbench - OpenCL		882
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1382

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K340	NVIDIA NVS 315
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK107	GF119
Launch date	23 July 2013	10 March 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,299	$159
Place in performance rating	1576	1577
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	523 MHz
Floating-point performance	4x 729.6 gflops	100.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	4x 384	48
Texture fill rate	4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.184 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4x 1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	4x 28.8 GB / s	14 GB / s
Memory bus width	4x 64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3