AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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.

AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1180 MHz
1277.9x more texture fill rate: 192.96 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 22% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 151.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

779.5x better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3510
PassMark - G3D Mark		3884
PassMark - G2D Mark		618
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
Geekbench - OpenCL		27798

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	GM204
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	30 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$301.69
Place in performance rating	363	361
Price now	$169.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	62.57
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz	1180 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	930 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	4,833 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	2048
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	151.0 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 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)	500 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	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 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
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready