NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 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, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 745 MHz
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5337 vs 2840
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 643 vs 371
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6803 vs 6555
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3697 vs 1312
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6803 vs 6555
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3697 vs 1312

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 August 2015 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5337 vs 2840
PassMark - G2D Mark	643 vs 371
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6803 vs 6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697 vs 1312
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6803 vs 6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697 vs 1312

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 49.2 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
Around 25% better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 1,825 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
833.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3562 vs 3356
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3562 vs 3356

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 49.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	1536 vs 768
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 1,825 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3562 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3562 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K280Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5337

2840

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

643

371

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6803

6555

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3697

1312

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3562

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6803

6555

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3697

1312

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3562

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	NVIDIA GRID K280Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	5337	2840
PassMark - G2D Mark	643	371
Geekbench - OpenCL	16715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6803	6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697	1312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6803	6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697	1312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3562
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1862

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	NVIDIA GRID K280Q
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GM206	GK104
Launch date	20 August 2015	28 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$1,875
Place in performance rating	540	542
Price now	$194.44
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	30.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	745 MHz
CUDA cores	768
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	1536
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec	95.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	7.938" (20.2 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	105.6 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.6 GB/s	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround