NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q vs AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 M385X 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1306 MHz vs 1100 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1306 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 52.24 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher pipelines: 896 vs 640
Around 18% better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1,672 gflops
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 267 vs 228
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1994 vs 1756

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 52.24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 640
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 1,672 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	267 vs 228
PassMark - G3D Mark	1994 vs 1756

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M385X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

267

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1756

1994

Name	NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q	AMD Radeon R9 M385X
PassMark - G2D Mark	228	267
PassMark - G3D Mark	1756	1994
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4079
Geekbench - OpenCL		49760
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q	AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM107	Strato
Launch date	18 May 2016	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	570	572
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1306 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,672 gflops	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	896
Texture fill rate	52.24 GTexel / s	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore