NVIDIA GeForce 945A vs NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945A and NVIDIA GRID K120Q 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 945A

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945A

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 850 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
2.8x better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 130 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 716 vs 278
6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1852 vs 293

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 2 July 2014
Core clock speed	1072 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	903.2 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	716 vs 278
PassMark - G3D Mark	1852 vs 293

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K120Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

716

278

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1852

293

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 945A	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	32359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	381.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	107.63
PassMark - G2D Mark	716	278
PassMark - G3D Mark	1852	293

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 945A	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kepler
Code name	GM108	GK107
Launch date	13 March 2015	2 July 2014
Place in performance rating	602	603
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$125
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1072 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	903.2 gflops	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count		1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1782 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3