NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q and ATI FireGL V8600 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).

NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 688 MHz
13.7x more texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
11x better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1736 MHz
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5203 vs 839

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5203 vs 839

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 159 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 406 vs 311

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	159 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	406 vs 311

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5203

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

406

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	5203	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	406
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5460
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5460
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3526
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3526
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	R600
Launch date	30 August 2015	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	474	363
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2048	320
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4