NVIDIA GRID K260Q
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GRID K260Q
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GRID K260Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

379
Place in performance rating
223
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Value for money (0-100)
60.47
Kepler
Architecture
Maxwell
GK104
Code name
GM206
Workstation
Type
Desktop
28 June 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
22 January 2015 (6 years ago)
$937
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
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Price now
$444 (2.2x MSRP)
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Value for money
10.46
GK104
GPU code name
GM206
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GRID K260Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
1024
745 MHz
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
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Boost Clock
1178 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
2,940 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
225 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
95.36
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
2,289 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
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CUDA cores
1024
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
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Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
225 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GRID K260Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
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Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 K260Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
160.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GRID K260Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GRID K260Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Surround
+
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Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
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GameStream
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GRID K260Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GRID K260Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 K260Q or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GRID K260Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GRID K260Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GRID K260Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GRID K260Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GRID K260Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
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 K260Q

More pipelines (1536 vs 1024)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 112 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

14.06% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 225 Watt)

G-SYNC support

So, NVIDIA GRID K260Q or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 .

NVIDIA GRID K260Q versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GRID K260Q
2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960