NVIDIA GRID K540Q vs NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K540Q and NVIDIA GeForce 720A 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GRID K540Q

NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K540Q

140x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 15.01 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 96
13.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,448 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 96
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 938 MHz vs 745 MHz
6.8x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	938 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K540Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Name	NVIDIA GRID K540Q	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
PassMark - G2D Mark		304
PassMark - G3D Mark		614

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K540Q	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK104	GF117
Launch date	2 July 2014	1 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,599
Place in performance rating	not rated	502
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	938 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops	360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	96
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	15.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	585 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	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3