GRID K2 vs Radeon E8950

Place in the ranking	431	623
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.06
Power efficiency	10.68	2.26
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Amethyst	GK104
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	29 September 2015 (10 years ago)	11 May 2013 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$5,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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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	2048	1536 ×2
Core clock speed	735 MHz	745 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,000 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	128.0	95.36 ×2
Floating-point processing power	4.096 TFLOPS	2.289 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	32	32 ×2
TMUs	128	128 ×2
L1 Cache	512 KB	128 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	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	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB ×2
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	160.0 GB/s ×2

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

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.3	6.5 (5.1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.175
CUDA	-	3.0

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	13.12	6.57
Recency	29 September 2015	11 May 2013
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	225 Watt

Radeon E8950 has a 100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 137% lower power consumption.

The Radeon E8950 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID K2 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon E8950 is a notebook graphics card while GRID K2 is a workstation one.