STG vs GRID K520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking476not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.34no data
Power efficiency2.78no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)no data
GPU code nameGK104NV1
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)30 September 1995 (29 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,599 $249

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 MHz75 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm500 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt2 Watt
Texture fill rate95.360.08
Floating-point processing power2.289 TFLOPSno data
ROPs321
TMUs1281

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 x16PCI
Length267 mm168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR5FPM
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz50 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s400.0 MB/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 VGA, 1x DB13W3

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)1.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2013 30 September 1995
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 500 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 2 Watt

GRID K520 has an age advantage of 17 years, a 409500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1685.7% more advanced lithography process.

STG, on the other hand, has 11150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GRID K520 and STG. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GRID K520 is a workstation graphics card while STG is a desktop one.


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