NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q vs AMD Radeon R9 290
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 290 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 275 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8909 vs 6300
- Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8909 vs 6300
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 30 August 2015 vs 5 November 2013 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt vs 275 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 5000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8909 vs 6300 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8909 vs 6300 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3354 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3354 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290
- Around 2% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 930 MHz
- Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8313 vs 3884
- Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 618
- 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 27798
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 947 MHz vs 930 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 151.5 GTexel / s vs 151.0 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2560 vs 2048 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,849 gflops vs 4,833 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8313 vs 3884 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 775 vs 618 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3711 vs 3709 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3711 vs 3709 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 102277 vs 27798 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290
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| Name | NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q | AMD Radeon R9 290 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3884 | 8313 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 618 | 775 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8909 | 6300 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8909 | 6300 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3709 | 3711 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3709 | 3711 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | 3354 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | 3354 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 27798 | 102277 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 89.325 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1366.314 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 10.034 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 98.765 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 540.645 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3685 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 2.0 |
| Code name | GM204 | Hawaii |
| Launch date | 30 August 2015 | 5 November 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 350 | 347 |
| Type | Workstation | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1180 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 930 MHz | 947 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 4,833 gflops | 4,849 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 2560 |
| Texture fill rate | 151.0 GTexel / s | 151.5 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | 275 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 6,200 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 275 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.4 GB / s | 320.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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