NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A vs NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A and NVIDIA GRID K280Q 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
6.8x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 371
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1436 vs 1312
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1436 vs 1312

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 28 June 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	714 vs 371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1436 vs 1312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1436 vs 1312

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 719 MHz
6.6x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
4.1x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2840 vs 743
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3562 vs 1711
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3562 vs 1711

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 719 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2840 vs 743
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3562 vs 1711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3562 vs 1711

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K280Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

743

2840

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

714

371

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1436

1312

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1436

1312

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1711

3562

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1711

3562

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	NVIDIA GRID K280Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	743	2840
PassMark - G2D Mark	714	371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1436	1312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1436	1312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1711	3562
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1711	3562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6555

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	NVIDIA GRID K280Q
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GK208	GK104
Launch date	1 July 2014	28 June 2013
Place in performance rating	541	542
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,875
Technical info
Core clock speed	719 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1536
Texture fill rate	14.38 GTexel / s	95.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count		3,540 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	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5