NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q vs AMD FirePro W5170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and AMD FirePro W5170M 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

AMD FirePro W5170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 925 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
4.1x better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3884 vs 1814
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 618 vs 353
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8909 vs 3409
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8909 vs 3409
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3709 vs 3189
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3709 vs 3189
3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27798 vs 8322

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 25 August 2014
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 640
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884 vs 1814
PassMark - G2D Mark	618 vs 353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8909 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8909 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709 vs 3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3355
Geekbench - OpenCL	27798 vs 8322

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5170M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3884

1814

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

618

353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8909

3409

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8909

3409

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3709

3189

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3709

3189

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3355

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27798

8322

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	AMD FirePro W5170M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884	1814
PassMark - G2D Mark	618	353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8909	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8909	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3355
Geekbench - OpenCL	27798	8322

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	AMD FirePro W5170M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Tropo
Launch date	30 August 2015	25 August 2014
Place in performance rating	361	680
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	640
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro