NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 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, 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 970M

NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 745 MHz
Around 16% better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 225 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5726 vs 2949
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 391 vs 361
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 6474
Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 1898
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 1954
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 6474
Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 1898
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 1954

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 October 2014 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 745 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,657 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5726 vs 2949
PassMark - G2D Mark	391 vs 361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8546 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8546 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 1954

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 83.04 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1280
2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2500 MHz

Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 83.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 1280
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K260Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5726

2949

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

391

361

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8546

6474

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3699

1898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

1954

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8546

6474

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3699

1898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

1954

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	NVIDIA GRID K260Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	5726	2949
PassMark - G2D Mark	391	361
Geekbench - OpenCL	18376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1113.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	81.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8546	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342	1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8546	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	1954
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2283

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	NVIDIA GRID K260Q
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GM204	GK104
Launch date	7 October 2014	28 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	$937
Place in performance rating	548	545
Price now	$1,899
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	3.99
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	924 MHz	745 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	2,657 gflops	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	1536
Texture fill rate	83.04 GTexel / s	95.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	120 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI