NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q and AMD FirePro W9100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

AMD FirePro W9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
7.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 750 Watt

Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 26 March 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 750 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 722 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 163.7 GTexel / s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Around 83% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 1536
2.4x better floating-point performance: 5,238 gflops vs 2,218 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 752 vs 556
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7987 vs 3568

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 722 MHz
Texture fill rate	163.7 GTexel / s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	5,238 gflops vs 2,218 gflops
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	752 vs 556
PassMark - G3D Mark	7987 vs 3568

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

752

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3568

7987

Name	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q	AMD FirePro W9100
PassMark - G2D Mark	556	752
PassMark - G3D Mark	3568	7987
Geekbench - OpenCL		43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		32085

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q	AMD FirePro W9100
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM204	Hawaii
Launch date	30 August 2015	26 March 2014
Place in performance rating	187	189
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	722 MHz	930 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,218 gflops	5,238 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2816
Texture fill rate	69.31 GTexel / s	163.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	750 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5