NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q vs AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and AMD Radeon HD 6650A 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 600 MHz
10.5x more texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
4.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 480
8.4x better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3884 vs 836
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 618 vs 418

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 19 April 2011
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 480
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884 vs 836
PassMark - G2D Mark	618 vs 418

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650A

5x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6650A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3884

836

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

618

418

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884	836
PassMark - G2D Mark	618	418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
Geekbench - OpenCL	27798

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM204	Onega
Launch date	30 August 2015	19 April 2011
Place in performance rating	350	348
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops	576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	480
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	716 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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3