AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q 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, 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1206 MHz vs 1180 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 225 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9983 vs 5460
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9983 vs 5460

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 August 2016 vs 30 August 2015
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9983 vs 5460
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9983 vs 5460

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 137.5 GTexel / s
986.3x better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3526 vs 2443
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1674
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3526 vs 2443
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1674

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 926 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 137.5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3526 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3526 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9983

5460

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2443

3526

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9983

5460

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2443

3526

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3350

Name	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	34588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9983	5460
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2443	3526
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9983	5460
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2443	3526
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3697
PassMark - G3D Mark		5203
PassMark - G2D Mark		311

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Ellesmere	GM204
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	4 August 2016	30 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$549.99
Place in performance rating	482	474
Price now	$109.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	91.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz	1180 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	926 MHz	930 MHz
Floating-point performance	4.9 TFLOPs	4,833 gflops
GPU Power	85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2048
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	137.5 GTexel / s	151.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore