ATI FireGL X2-256 vs GRID K240Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking567not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.37no data
Power efficiency2.01no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameGK104R360
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date28 June 2013 (11 years ago)1 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$469 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 cores1536no data
Core clock speed745 MHz380 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million117 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Wattno data
Texture fill rate95.363.040
Floating-point processing power2.289 TFLOPSno data
ROPs328
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 x16AGP 8x
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x Molex

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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz350 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s22.4 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 outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2013 1 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

GRID K240Q has an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

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