NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M385X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 M385X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

310
Place in performance rating
477
Maxwell 2.0
Architecture
GCN
GM204
Code name
Strato
Workstation
Type
Laptop
30 August 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
16 June 2015 (6 years ago)
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Price now
$999
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Value for money
0.80
GM204
GPU code name
Strato-XT-M3
Workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 M385X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
896
557 MHz
Core clock speed
1100 MHz
1178 MHz
Boost Clock
1100 MHz
5,200 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
225 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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150.8
Texture fill rate
61.60
4,833 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,971 gflops
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
1178 MHz
Boost clock speed
1100 MHz
5,200 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
225 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 M385X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
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1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 M60-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 M385X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
5012 MHz
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
160.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 M385X, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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Eyefinity
1

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 M385X is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
+
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Enduro
-
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1
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DirectCompute 5.0
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 M385X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
Not Listed
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Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q and AMD Radeon R9 M385X 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 M60-8Q or AMD Radeon R9 M385X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
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 M60-8Q

9.83% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 896)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (160.4 GB/s vs 76.8 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M385X

There is no accountable advantage

So, NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q or AMD Radeon R9 M385X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q .

NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q versus AMD Radeon R9 M385X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 M385X