NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 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 Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 49% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 28% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 800
2.4x better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1990 MHz
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5203 vs 1132

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines	2048 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5203 vs 1132

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Around 49% higher texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 151.0 GTexel / s
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 542 vs 311

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 151.0 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	542 vs 311

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5203

1132

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

542

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	5203	1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	542
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 Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	R700
Launch date	30 August 2015	7 November 2008
Place in performance rating	474	244
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$420
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 800
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3