NVIDIA GRID K520 vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K520 and ATI Radeon HD 4550 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: 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 Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K520

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 600 MHz
437.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
38.4x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 80
51x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,448 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 256 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1310 MHz
14.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3516 vs 236
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 558
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 558

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 30 September 2008
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 80
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3516 vs 236
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 558

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

9x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 225 Watt
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	429 vs 160

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K520
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3516

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

429

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

558

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

558

Name	NVIDIA GRID K520	ATI Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	3516	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	160	429
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	558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	558

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K520	ATI Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	RV710
Launch date	23 July 2013	30 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,599	$59
Place in performance rating	760	763
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	80
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 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	2x 4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	10.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1310 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2