NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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 X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 650 MHz
14.5x more texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz
25.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3884 vs 151
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 618 vs 466

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	618 vs 466

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3884

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

618

466

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	618	466
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 X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	R500
Code name	GM204	R580+
Launch date	30 August 2015	10 September 2006
Place in performance rating	350	328
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4