NVIDIA GRID K1
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7950
NVIDIA GRID K1
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7950

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD Radeon HD 7950. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

711
Place in performance rating
264
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Value for money (0-100)
13.94
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GK107
Code name
Tahiti
Workstation
Type
Desktop
18 March 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
31 January 2012 (9 years ago)
$4,140
Launch price (MSRP)
$449
$340 (0.1x MSRP)
Price now
$591 (1.3x MSRP)
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Design
reference
0.19
Value for money
3.46
GK107
GPU code name
Tahiti
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
1792
850 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
1250 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
130 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
13.60
Texture fill rate
89.60
4x 326.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,867 gflops
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Compute units
28
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1792
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Boost clock speed
1250 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
130 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
300 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD Radeon HD 7950.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
267 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
1782 MHz
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
28.51 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
240 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD Radeon HD 7950, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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Number of Eyefinity displays
6
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
+
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
+
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Enduro
-

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD Radeon HD 7950. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GRID K1 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GRID K1 or AMD Radeon HD 7950 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GRID K1
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GRID K1
AMD Radeon HD 7950
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GRID K1
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GRID K1
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GRID K1
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GRID K1

Cheaper ($340 (0.1x MSRP) vs $591 (1.3x MSRP))

Less power consumption (130 Watt vs 200 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 3 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7950

18.31% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1792 vs 192)

More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 28.51 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GRID K1 or AMD Radeon HD 7950?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7950 .

NVIDIA GRID K1 versus AMD Radeon HD 7950 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GRID K1
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 7950