NVIDIA GRID K520 vs ATI Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K520 and ATI Radeon X600 SE 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 X600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K520

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 325 MHz
1616.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 128 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
71.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3516 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3516 vs 49

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 SE

6.3x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 229 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	229 vs 160

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K520
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3516

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

229

Name	NVIDIA GRID K520	ATI Radeon X600 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	3516	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	160	229
Geekbench - OpenCL	10864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	20.97
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 Radeon X600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rage 9
Code name	GK104	RV370
Launch date	23 July 2013	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,599
Place in performance rating	762	759
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR