AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X

NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 73% higher core clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 722 MHz
5448x more texture fill rate: 377.6 GTexel/s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1536
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 827 vs 556
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13709 vs 3568

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 June 2017 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed	1250 MHz vs 722 MHz
Texture fill rate	377.6 GTexel/s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 1536
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	827 vs 556
PassMark - G3D Mark	13709 vs 3568

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
6.4x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

827

556

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13709

3568

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13123
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
Geekbench - OpenCL	75438
PassMark - G2D Mark	827	556
PassMark - G3D Mark	13709	3568

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	GM204
Launch date	23 June 2017	30 August 2015
Place in performance rating	199	195
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1475 MHz
Compute units	64
Core clock speed	1250 MHz	722 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	755.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	24.17 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.08 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	1536
Pixel fill rate	94.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	377.6 GTexel/s	69.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	12500 million	5,200 million
Floating-point performance		2,218 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB/s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)	5012 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)