NVIDIA GRID K520Q vs NVIDIA GeForce 705A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K520Q and NVIDIA GeForce 705A 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 GeForce 705A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K520Q

339x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.2 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 48
32.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,448 gflops vs 148.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 48
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops vs 148.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 705A

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 745 MHz
15x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K520Q	NVIDIA GeForce 705A
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK104	GF119
Launch date	2 July 2014	1 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,599
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops	148.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	48
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	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	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3