NVIDIA started GRID K1 sales 18 March 2013 at a recommended price of $4,140 . This is a Kepler architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 4 GB of DDR3 memory clocked at 1.78 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 28.51 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 130 Watt.

General info

Some basic facts about GRID K1: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	891
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Value for money	0.07
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GK107
Market segment	Workstation
Release date	18 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,140
Current price	$317 (0.1x MSRP)	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GRID K1's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GRID K1's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	850 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	1,270 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	13.60	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	4x 326.4 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GRID K1 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

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

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GRID K1: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GRID K1. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API support

APIs supported by GRID K1, sometimes including their particular versions.

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

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GRID K1. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GRID K1 1.68

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GRID K1 650

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GRID K1 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.