NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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.

NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 109 billion / sec
Around 23% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1664
Around 23% better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 3,920 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
716x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3340
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3340

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 19 September 2014
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 109 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 1664
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 3,920 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 225 Watt
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9636 vs 3884
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 618
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 8909
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 8909
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28518 vs 27798

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 930 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9636 vs 3884
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 618
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499 vs 8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499 vs 8909
Geekbench - OpenCL	28518 vs 27798

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3884

9636

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

618

766

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8909

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8909

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3709

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3709

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3340

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27798

28518

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884	9636
PassMark - G2D Mark	618	766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8909	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8909	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3340
Geekbench - OpenCL	27798	28518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		489.884
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		376

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM204	GM204
Launch date	30 August 2015	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	359	378
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops	3,920 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1664
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	148 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1664
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 6-pins
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		4x
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround