AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X and NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro 580X

NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1180 MHz
1144.4x more texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 151.0 GTexel / s
Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 37036 vs 27798
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 698 vs 618
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7540 vs 3884

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2019 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s vs 151.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	37036 vs 27798
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3359
PassMark - G2D Mark	698 vs 618
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540 vs 3884

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3709 vs 3643
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3709 vs 3643

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709 vs 3643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709 vs 3643

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

37036

27798

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3709

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3709

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3359

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

698

618

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7540

3884

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	37036	27798
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3643	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3643	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3359
PassMark - G2D Mark	698	618
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540	3884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8909

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	GM204
Launch date	18 March 2019	30 August 2015
Place in performance rating	346	350
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1180 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	345.6 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.530 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	2048
Pixel fill rate	38.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s	151.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	5,200 million
Floating-point performance		4,833 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	217.0 GB/s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)