GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1 vs GRID K2

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking543not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.13no data
Power efficiency2.27no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK104GF119
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date11 May 2013 (11 years ago)2 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores153648
Core clock speed745 MHz810 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt29 Watt
Texture fill rate95.366.480
Floating-point processing power2.289 TFLOPS0.1555 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs1288

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 2.0 x1
Length267 mm145 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s8 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

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
OpenCL3.01.1
Vulkan1.2.175N/A
CUDA3.02.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2013 2 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 29 Watt

GRID K2 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 610 PCIe x1, on the other hand, has 675.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GRID K2 and GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GRID K2 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1 is a desktop one.


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