NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q vs AMD Radeon R7 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q and AMD Radeon R7 260 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).

NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

AMD Radeon R7 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1306 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 52.24 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 1,672 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1625 MHz

Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 17 December 2013
Boost clock speed	1306 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.24 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,672 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 1625 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
Around 96% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 225 Watt
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 228
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2892 vs 1756

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 228
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892 vs 1756

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

559

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1756

2892

Name	NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q	AMD Radeon R7 260
PassMark - G2D Mark	228	559
PassMark - G3D Mark	1756	2892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		240.395

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q	AMD Radeon R7 260
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM107	Bonaire
Launch date	18 May 2016	17 December 2013
Place in performance rating	572	575
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		44.11
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1306 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1033 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,672 gflops	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	768
Texture fill rate	52.24 GTexel / s	48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	2,080 million
Stream Processors		896
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB / s	104 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	1625 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync