NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 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 980

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 144 billion / sec
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 - Manhattan (Frames): 3709 vs 3690
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3709 vs 3690
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3335
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3335

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 19 September 2014
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 144 billion / sec
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 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3335

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1216 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Around 3% better floating-point performance: 4,981 gflops vs 4,833 gflops
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 225 Watt
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11110 vs 3884
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 618
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9566 vs 8909
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9566 vs 8909
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34835 vs 27798

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,981 gflops vs 4,833 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11110 vs 3884
PassMark - G2D Mark	791 vs 618
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9566 vs 8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9566 vs 8909
Geekbench - OpenCL	34835 vs 27798

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3884

11110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

618

791

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8909

9566

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8909

9566

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3709

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3709

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3335

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3335

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27798

34835

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark - G3D Mark	3884	11110
PassMark - G2D Mark	618	791
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8909	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8909	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3335
Geekbench - OpenCL	27798	34835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		477.015
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4314

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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	361
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Price now		$605.06
Value for money (0-100)		21.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz	1216 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops	4,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2048
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		2048
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
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support		1
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		1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.2
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
BatteryBoost
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Surround