FirePro S7150 vs GRID K2

Place in the ranking	546	456
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.14	0.59
Power efficiency	2.20	4.54
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GK104	Tonga
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	11 May 2013 (11 years ago)	1 February 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,199	$2,399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro S7150 has 321% better value for money than GRID K2.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	2048
Core clock speed	745 MHz	920 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	95.36	117.8
Floating-point processing power	2.289 TFLOPS	3.768 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	128	128

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	160.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.175	1.2.131
CUDA	3.0	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GRID K2 7.09

FirePro S7150 9.77
+37.8%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GRID K2 2736

FirePro S7150 3770
+37.8%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.09	9.77
Recency	11 May 2013	1 February 2016
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	150 Watt

FirePro S7150 has a 37.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 50% lower power consumption.

The FirePro S7150 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID K2 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.