GRID K180Q vs GeForce GTX 850A

Place in the ranking	801	1009
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.14
Power efficiency	4.18	0.73
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GM107	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	17 March 2014 (10 years ago)	28 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$125

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 cores	640	192
Core clock speed	902 MHz	850 MHz
Boost clock speed	936 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.44	13.60
Floating-point processing power	1.198 TFLOPS	0.3264 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	40	16

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	no data	IGP

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 type	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	891 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	28.51 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 Connectors

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.126
CUDA	5.0	3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 850A 2.72
+97.1%

GRID K180Q 1.38

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 850A 1049
+96.8%

GRID K180Q 533

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	2.72	1.38
Recency	17 March 2014	28 June 2013
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	130 Watt

GTX 850A has a 97.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 188.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 850A is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID K180Q in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 850A is a notebook card while GRID K180Q is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.