GRID K240Q vs GeForce GT 530 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated567
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.37
Power efficiencyno data2.01
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGF108GK104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date14 May 2011 (13 years ago)28 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$469

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 cores961536
Core clock speed700 MHz745 MHz
Number of transistors585 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate11.2095.36
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPS2.289 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs16128

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s160.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGANo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA2.13.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2011 28 June 2013
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 225 Watt

GT 530 OEM has 350% lower power consumption.

GRID K240Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 530 OEM and GRID K240Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 530 OEM is a desktop card while GRID K240Q is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM
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