GRID M6-8Q vs GeForce 620M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 555 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 6.62 |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | GF117 | GM204 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 22 March 2012 (14 years ago) | 30 August 2015 (11 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | 625 MHz | 722 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | 5,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.00 | 69.31 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.24 TFLOPS | 2.218 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 16 | 96 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 576 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | MXM Module |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1253 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 160.4 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | 5.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 March 2012 | 30 August 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 100 Watt |
GeForce 620M has 567% lower power consumption.
GRID M6-8Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 620M and GRID M6-8Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 620M is a notebook graphics card while GRID M6-8Q is a workstation one.
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