NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and NVIDIA GRID K260Q 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 745 MHz
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3465 vs 2949
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 1898
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7859 vs 1954
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 1898
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7859 vs 1954
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3465 vs 2949
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5834 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7859 vs 1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5834 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7859 vs 1954

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
  • Around 65% better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 312
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6474 vs 5157
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6474 vs 5157
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 95.36 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 vs 312
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6474 vs 5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6474 vs 5157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K260Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3465
2949
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
312
361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5157
6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5834
1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7859
1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5157
6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5834
1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7859
1954
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A NVIDIA GRID K260Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 3465 2949
PassMark - G2D Mark 312 361
Geekbench - OpenCL 12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5157 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5834 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7859 1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5157 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5834 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7859 1954

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name GM107 GK104
Launch date 13 March 2015 28 June 2013
Place in performance rating 550 552
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $937

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1085 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 745 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops 2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 1536
Texture fill rate 43.4 GTexel / s 95.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) 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 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB / s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5