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.

 

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: 5335 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 5335 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
5335
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 5335 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