GRID K220Q vs GeForce 8300

Place in the ranking	1446	923
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.08
Power efficiency	0.46	0.75
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	C78	GK104
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	6 May 2008 (18 years ago)	2 July 2014 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$469

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

no data

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	1536
Core clock speed	500 MHz	745 MHz
Number of transistors	210 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	95.36
Floating-point processing power	0.048 TFLOPS	2.289 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	8	128
L1 Cache	no data	128 KB
L2 Cache	no data	512 KB

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	PCI	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP	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	System Shared	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	512 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	160.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	3.0

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

GeForce 8300 0.24

GRID K220Q 2.19
+813%

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.

GeForce 8300 101
Samples: 62

GRID K220Q 912
+803%

Samples: 16

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	0.24	2.19
Recency	6 May 2008	2 July 2014
Chip lithography	80 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	225 Watt

GeForce 8300 has 463% lower power consumption.

GRID K220Q, on the other hand, has a 813% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 186% more advanced lithography process.

The GRID K220Q is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8300 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 8300 is a desktop graphics card while GRID K220Q is a workstation one.