NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q vs AMD Radeon R9 280
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q and AMD Radeon R9 280 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 - 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 933 MHz
- Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
- Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
- Around 45% better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 3,344 gflops
- 4x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1250 MHz
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 30 August 2015 vs 4 March 2014 |
| Boost clock speed | 1180 MHz vs 933 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 151.0 GTexel / s vs 104.5 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1792 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,833 gflops vs 3,344 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 vs 3337 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 vs 3337 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280
- Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 225 Watt
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5562 vs 5203
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 665 vs 311
- Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7957 vs 5460
- Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7957 vs 5460
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 3526
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 3526
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt vs 225 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5562 vs 5203 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 665 vs 311 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7957 vs 5460 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7957 vs 5460 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3698 vs 3526 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3698 vs 3526 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280
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| Name | NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q | AMD Radeon R9 280 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5203 | 5562 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 311 | 665 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5460 | 7957 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5460 | 7957 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3526 | 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3526 | 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 | 3337 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 | 3337 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 67.829 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1266.685 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.495 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 79.909 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 365.384 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2009 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q | AMD Radeon R9 280 | |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GM204 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 30 August 2015 | 4 March 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 474 | 423 |
| Type | Workstation | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $279 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1180 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 930 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 4,833 gflops | 3,344 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 1792 |
| Texture fill rate | 151.0 GTexel / s | 104.5 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 4,313 million |
| Stream Processors | 1792 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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| Eyefinity | ||
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 275 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.4 GB / s | 240 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| CrossFire | ||
| DDMA audio | ||
| FreeSync | ||
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| LiquidVR | ||
| TressFX | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
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