NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
5.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 24 June 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 722 MHz
31.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 69.31 GTexel / s
3.7x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 1536
5.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 2,218 gflops
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 722 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 2,218 gflops
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	556
PassMark - G3D Mark	3568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM204	Hawaii
Launch date	30 August 2015	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	187	283
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Technical info
Core clock speed	722 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,218 gflops	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	69.31 GTexel / s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5