Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition vs GRID M60-2Q
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 435 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.25 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | Pitcairn |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 30 August 2015 (10 years ago) | 23 November 2014 (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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 557 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz | 975 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 150.8 | 62.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.825 TFLOPS | 1.997 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 64 |
| L1 Cache | 768 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1253 MHz | 1365 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.4 GB/s | 174.7 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 (12_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 August 2015 | 23 November 2014 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 80 Watt |
GRID M60-2Q has an age advantage of 9 months.
R9 M290X Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 181.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GRID M60-2Q and Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GRID M60-2Q is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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