GRID K340 vs GRID K2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GRID K2 and GRID K340, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GRID K2
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 225 Watt
7.09
+129%

GRID K2 outperforms GRID K340 by a whopping 129% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking546759
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.140.04
Power efficiency2.200.96
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGK104GK107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date11 May 2013 (11 years ago)23 July 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,199 $3,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GRID K2 has 250% better value for money than GRID K340.

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 cores1536384
Core clock speed745 MHz950 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate95.3630.40
Floating-point processing power2.289 TFLOPS0.7296 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs12832

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s28.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)5.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1751.1.126
CUDA3.03.0

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 3.09
Recency 11 May 2013 23 July 2013
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB

GRID K2 has a 129.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GRID K340, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months.

The GRID K2 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID K340 in performance tests.


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