NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA GRID K520
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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 960M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 745 MHz
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
- Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 245 vs 160
- Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10985 vs 10864
- 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 20.97
- Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 3.244
- Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 42.277
- 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 76.158
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 23 July 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 1096 MHz vs 745 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 225 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 245 vs 160 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 10985 vs 10864 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 54.294 vs 20.97 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.692 vs 3.244 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 51.794 vs 42.277 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 174.513 vs 76.158 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3714 vs 3713 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 3354 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3714 vs 3713 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 3354 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K520
- 44.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 47.04 GTexel / s
- 4.8x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 640
- 3.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,448 gflops vs 1,505 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
- 2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3516 vs 3366
- Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1063.784 vs 795.325
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6782 vs 5264
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6782 vs 5264
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 47.04 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2x 1536 vs 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 2,448 gflops vs 1,505 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 2x 4 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 2500 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3516 vs 3366 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1063.784 vs 795.325 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6782 vs 5264 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6782 vs 5264 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K520
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M | NVIDIA GRID K520 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3366 | 3516 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 245 | 160 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 10985 | 10864 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 54.294 | 20.97 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 795.325 | 1063.784 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.692 | 3.244 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 51.794 | 42.277 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 174.513 | 76.158 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5264 | 6782 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3714 | 3713 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | 3354 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5264 | 6782 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3714 | 3713 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | 3354 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1231 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M | NVIDIA GRID K520 | |
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| Architecture | Maxwell | Kepler |
| Code name | GM107 | GK104 |
| Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 23 July 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 735 | 738 |
| Type | Laptop | Workstation |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,599 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1096 MHz | 745 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 640 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,505 gflops | 2x 2,448 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 2x 1536 |
| Texture fill rate | 47.04 GTexel / s | 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,870 million | 3,540 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
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| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2x 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB / s | 2x 160.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
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| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
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