AMD Radeon RX 580X vs NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580X 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX 580X

NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 74% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 722 MHz
2784x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1536
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 657 vs 556
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6459 vs 3568

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 722 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1536
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	657 vs 556
PassMark - G3D Mark	6459 vs 3568

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

357.7x better floating-point performance: 2,218 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 185 Watt

Floating-point performance	2,218 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

657

556

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6459

3568

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580X	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18294
PassMark - G2D Mark	657	556
PassMark - G3D Mark	6459	3568
Geekbench - OpenCL	41822

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580X	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	GM204
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	30 August 2015
Place in performance rating	194	195
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	722 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	2,218 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	1536
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	69.31 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	100 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
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
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
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
VR Ready