NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
VS
AMD FirePro W8000
NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
VS
AMD FirePro W8000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q and AMD FirePro W8000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

327
Place in performance rating
338
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Value for money (0-100)
6.98
Maxwell 2.0
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GM204
Code name
Tahiti
Workstation
Type
Desktop
30 August 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
14 June 2012 (9 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$1,599
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Price now
$550 (0.3x MSRP)
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Value for money
2.49
GM204
GPU code name
Tahiti
Workstation
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q and AMD FirePro W8000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
1792
722 MHz
Core clock speed
900 MHz
5,200 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
225 Watt
69.31
Texture fill rate
100.8
2,218 gflops
Floating-point performance
3,226 gflops
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1792
5,200 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
350 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q and AMD FirePro W8000.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
279 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0
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Form factor
full height / full length

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q and AMD FirePro W8000 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5012 MHz
Memory clock speed
5500 MHz
160.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
176 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q and AMD FirePro W8000, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
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StereoOutput3D
1
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Dual-link DVI support
1
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DisplayPort count
4

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q and AMD FirePro W8000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q and AMD FirePro W8000 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q or AMD FirePro W8000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
AMD FirePro W8000
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
AMD FirePro W8000
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
AMD FirePro W8000
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
AMD FirePro W8000
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
AMD FirePro W8000
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

0.53% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 225 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

Advantages of AMD FirePro W8000

More pipelines (1792 vs 1536)

More memory bandwidth (176 GB/s vs 160.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q or AMD FirePro W8000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q .

NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q versus AMD FirePro W8000 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD FirePro W8000