NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q vs AMD Radeon Sky 500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q and AMD Radeon Sky 500 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 99% higher texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 76 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
  • Around 99% better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
  • Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6674 vs 3585
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6674 vs 3585
  • Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 2116
  • Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 2116
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 August 2015 vs 27 March 2013
Texture fill rate 151.0 GTexel / s vs 76 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6674 vs 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6674 vs 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 2116

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 500

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4709 vs 3695
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 181
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5116 vs 3358
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5116 vs 3358
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 950 MHz vs 930 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4709 vs 3695
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 vs 181
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5116 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5116 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 500

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3695
4709
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
181
572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6674
3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6674
3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
5116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
5116
Name NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q AMD Radeon Sky 500
PassMark - G3D Mark 3695 4709
PassMark - G2D Mark 181 572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6674 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6674 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 5116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 5116
Geekbench - OpenCL 74902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 247.642

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q AMD Radeon Sky 500

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GM204 Pitcairn
Launch date 30 August 2015 27 March 2013
Place in performance rating 512 515
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1180 MHz
Core clock speed 930 MHz 950 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops 2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 1280
Texture fill rate 151.0 GTexel / s 76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 242 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB / s 154 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5