NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and ATI Radeon HD 3850 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 669 MHz
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 320
5.6x better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1656 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3884 vs 822
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 618 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	2048 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	618 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 151.0 GTexel / s
Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 225 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 151.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3884

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

618

422

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	618	422
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	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	RV670
Launch date	30 August 2015	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	350	344
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 320
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x 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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3