NVIDIA GRID K520Q vs NVIDIA GRID K540Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K520Q and NVIDIA GRID K540Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GRID K520Q

NVIDIA GRID K540Q

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K520Q	NVIDIA GRID K540Q
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Kepler
Code name	GK104	GK104
Launch date	2 July 2014	2 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,599	$3,599
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops	2x 2,448 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5