AMD Radeon Pro Duo vs NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Duo and NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro Duo

NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
32.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 69.31 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 1536
7.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 8,192 gflops vs 2,218 gflops
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8137 vs 3568
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 745 vs 556

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 April 2016 vs 30 August 2015
Texture fill rate	2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	2x 8,192 gflops vs 2,218 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8137 vs 3568
PassMark - G2D Mark	745 vs 556

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

3.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 350 Watt
10x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 500 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Duo
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8137

3568

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

745

556

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Duo	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	8137	3568
PassMark - G2D Mark	745	556
Geekbench - OpenCL	53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	38251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Duo	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Capsaicin	GM204
Design	reference
Launch date	26 April 2016	30 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499
Place in performance rating	188	187
Price now	$849
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	17.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Compute units	128
Floating-point performance	2x 8,192 gflops	2,218 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 4096	1536
Texture fill rate	2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	69.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	5,200 million
Core clock speed		722 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	277 mm
Supplementary power connectors	3x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	DirectX® 12	12.0 (12_1)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB / s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 4096 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	GDDR5
Technologies
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore