GRID K120Q vs Quadro 400

Place in the ranking	1318	1203
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	0.03
Power efficiency	0.83	0.41
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GT216	GK107
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	5 April 2011 (14 years ago)	2 July 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$125

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

GRID K120Q has 200% better value for money than Quadro 400.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	192
Core clock speed	450 MHz	850 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	32 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.200	13.60
Floating-point processing power	0.108 TFLOPS	0.3264 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	16	16

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	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	163 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	770 MHz	891 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.32 GB/s	28.51 GB/s

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 DisplayPort

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	1.2	3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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.

Quadro 400 0.35

GRID K120Q 0.70
+100%

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.

Quadro 400 148

GRID K120Q 293
+98%

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	0.35	0.70
Recency	5 April 2011	2 July 2014
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	32 Watt	130 Watt

Quadro 400 has 306.3% lower power consumption.

GRID K120Q, on the other hand, has a 100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GRID K120Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 400 in performance tests.