NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
Summary
NVIDIA started GRID M6-8Q sales 30 August 2015. This is a Maxwell 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5.01 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 160.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 100 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 9.21% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about GRID M6-8Q: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 439 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019) | |
| GPU code name | GM204 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 30 August 2015 (8 years old) |
Technical specs
GRID M6-8Q's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GRID M6-8Q's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1536 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 722 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 69.31 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 2,218 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GRID M6-8Q and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Width | MXM Module | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GRID M6-8Q: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.4 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GRID M6-8Q. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by GRID M6-8Q, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | |
| CUDA | 5.2 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GRID M6-8Q. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good GRID M6-8Q is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall GRID M6-8Q performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GRID M6-8Q is Radeon Pro WX 4100, which is faster by 4% and higher by 13 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GRID M6-8Q:
Similar GPUs
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