NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q vs AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 FURY X 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 275 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 24 June 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

3.9x more texture fill rate: 268.8 GTexel / s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1536
3.9x better floating-point performance: 8,602 gflops vs 2,218 gflops
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 799 vs 556
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9484 vs 3568

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	268.8 GTexel / s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	8,602 gflops vs 2,218 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	799 vs 556
PassMark - G3D Mark	9484 vs 3568

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

799

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3568

9484

Name	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q	AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
PassMark - G2D Mark	556	799
PassMark - G3D Mark	3568	9484
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		155.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3431.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		153.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		857.575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5170

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q	AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	GM204	Fiji
Launch date	30 August 2015	24 June 2015
Place in performance rating	217	220
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Technical info
Core clock speed	722 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,218 gflops	8,602 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	4096
Texture fill rate	69.31 GTexel / s	268.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	8,900 million
Boost clock speed		1050 MHz
Compute units		64
Stream Processors		4096
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		191 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)