NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and NVIDIA GeForce 9800S 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.

NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
7.9x more texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
32x more pipelines: 2048 vs 64
25.2x better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 800 MHz
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3884 vs 636
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 618 vs 427

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 15 July 2008
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 64
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884 vs 636
PassMark - G2D Mark	618 vs 427

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Around 61% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 930 MHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 930 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3884

636

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

618

427

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884	636
PassMark - G2D Mark	618	427
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	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GM204	G94
Launch date	30 August 2015	15 July 2008
Place in performance rating	350	343
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	64
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	19.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF + HDA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI