NVIDIA GRID K520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K520
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
- 26.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 78.4 billion / sec
- 3.2x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 960
- 2.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,448 gflops vs 1,981 gflops
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
- 833.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
- Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1063.784 vs 705.293
- Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.244 vs 3.085
- Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 42.277 vs 35.416
- Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 76.158 vs 62.69
- Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6782 vs 3581
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 3690
- Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6782 vs 3581
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 3690
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 23 July 2013 vs 6 September 2012 |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 78.4 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 2x 1536 vs 960 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 2,448 gflops vs 1,981 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1063.784 vs 705.293 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.244 vs 3.085 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 42.277 vs 35.416 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 76.158 vs 62.69 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6782 vs 3581 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3713 vs 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6782 vs 3581 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3713 vs 3690 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- Around 32% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 745 MHz
- Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 225 Watt
- Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4013 vs 3516
- 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 482 vs 160
- Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11373 vs 10864
- Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 20.97
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 980 MHz vs 745 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 140 Watt vs 225 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4013 vs 3516 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 482 vs 160 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 11373 vs 10864 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 30.505 vs 20.97 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3365 vs 3354 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3365 vs 3354 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
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| Name | NVIDIA GRID K520 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3516 | 4013 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 160 | 482 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 10864 | 11373 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 20.97 | 30.505 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1063.784 | 705.293 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.244 | 3.085 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 42.277 | 35.416 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 76.158 | 62.69 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6782 | 3581 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3713 | 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3354 | 3365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6782 | 3581 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3713 | 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3354 | 3365 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1308 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GRID K520 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler | Kepler |
| Code name | GK104 | GK106 |
| Launch date | 23 July 2013 | 6 September 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,599 | $229 |
| Place in performance rating | 766 | 768 |
| Type | Workstation | Desktop |
| Price now | $349.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 14.35 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 745 MHz | 980 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 2,448 gflops | 1,981 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 2x 1536 | 960 |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec | 78.4 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | 140 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 2,540 million |
| Boost clock speed | 1033 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 960 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 9.5" (24.1 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | One 6-pin |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 2x 160.0 GB / s | 144.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 192-bit GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | 6.0 GB/s |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| 3D Vision | ||
| Adaptive VSync | ||
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| FXAA | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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