NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M vs NVIDIA GRID K520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and NVIDIA GRID K520 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 745 MHz
  • Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3814 vs 3516
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 330 vs 160
  • Around 38% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15023 vs 10864
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.273 vs 20.97
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.914 vs 3.244
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 82.511 vs 76.158
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 23 July 2013
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3814 vs 3516
PassMark - G2D Mark 330 vs 160
Geekbench - OpenCL 15023 vs 10864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.273 vs 20.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.914 vs 3.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.511 vs 76.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3354

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K520

  • 16.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 127.1 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 1536
  • Around 61% better floating-point performance: 2x 2,448 gflops vs 3,050 gflops
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1063.784 vs 777.677
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 42.277 vs 38.196
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6782 vs 4501
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6782 vs 4501
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 127.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 1536 vs 1536
Floating-point performance 2x 2,448 gflops vs 3,050 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1063.784 vs 777.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.277 vs 38.196
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6782 vs 4501
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6782 vs 4501

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K520

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3814
3516
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
330
160
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
15023
10864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
46.273
20.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
777.677
1063.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.914
3.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.196
42.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
82.511
76.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4501
6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4501
6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3354
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M NVIDIA GRID K520
PassMark - G3D Mark 3814 3516
PassMark - G2D Mark 330 160
Geekbench - OpenCL 15023 10864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.273 20.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 777.677 1063.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.914 3.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.196 42.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.511 76.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4501 6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4501 6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1611

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M NVIDIA GRID K520

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Kepler
Code name GK104 GK104
Launch date 12 March 2014 23 July 2013
Place in performance rating 737 738
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $3,599

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz
Core clock speed 954 MHz 745 MHz
CUDA cores 1536
Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops 2x 2,448 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1536 2x 1536
Texture fill rate 127.1 GTexel / s 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA