NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
15.1x more texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 2048 vs 32
60.4x better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 800 MHz
19.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5203 vs 270

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 13 March 2008
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 32
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5203 vs 270

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 930 MHz
7.8x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 328 vs 311

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1250 MHz vs 930 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	328 vs 311

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5203

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

328

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	5203	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	328
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	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GM204	G84
Launch date	30 August 2015	13 March 2008
Place in performance rating	483	485
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1250 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2048	32
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	289 million
CUDA cores		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2?, GDDR3
Shared memory		0