NVIDIA GRID K520 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K520 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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 K520

ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K520

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 475 MHz
1106.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.9 GTexel / s
256x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 256 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
33.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3516 vs 105

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3516 vs 105

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 228 vs 160

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	228 vs 160

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K520
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3516

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

228

Name	NVIDIA GRID K520	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	3516	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	160	228
Geekbench - OpenCL	10864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	20.654
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1063.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	42.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	76.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K520	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK104	M66
Launch date	23 July 2013	1 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,599
Place in performance rating	760	758
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	12
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	157 million
Boost clock speed		475 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0