AMD Radeon RX 480 vs NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 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: 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 RX 480

NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 182.3 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 40% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8613 vs 3884
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 777 vs 618
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39256 vs 27798
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11172 vs 8909
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11172 vs 8909

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 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
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8613 vs 3884
PassMark - G2D Mark	777 vs 618
Geekbench - OpenCL	39256 vs 27798
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172 vs 8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172 vs 8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3359

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

833.3x better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB

Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8613

3884

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

777

618

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39256

27798

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11172

8909

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3709

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11172

8909

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3709

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3359

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	8613	3884
PassMark - G2D Mark	777	618
Geekbench - OpenCL	39256	27798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172	8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172	8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4165

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 480	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Ellesmere	GM204
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	29 June 2016	30 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	354	356
Price now	$299.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	1180 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	930 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs	4,833 gflops
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	2048
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	151.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	n / a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 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
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore