NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and ATI Radeon X1900 GT 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 X1900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 62% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 575 MHz
21.9x more texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
26.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3884 vs 146
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 618 vs 409

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 1 May 2006
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884 vs 146
PassMark - G2D Mark	618 vs 409

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 GT

3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3884

146

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

618

409

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884	146
PassMark - G2D Mark	618	409
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 X1900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	R500
Code name	GM204	R580
Launch date	30 August 2015	1 May 2006
Place in performance rating	350	388
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3