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).

 

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 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35543 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 35543 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
35543
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 35543 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 353 355
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)