NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 62% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1180 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10086 vs 3884
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 749 vs 618
Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35365 vs 27798
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 8909
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 8909

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 July 2016 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10086 vs 3884
PassMark - G2D Mark	749 vs 618
Geekbench - OpenCL	35365 vs 27798
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12442 vs 8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12442 vs 8909

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
Around 10% better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
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)
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10086

3884

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

749

618

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35365

27798

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12442

8909

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

3709

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12442

8909

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

3709

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3359

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	10086	3884
PassMark - G2D Mark	749	618
Geekbench - OpenCL	35365	27798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12442	8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12442	8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	907

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GP106	GM204
Launch date	19 July 2016	30 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	359	360
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	930 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	4,833 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	2048
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	151.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5