GRID M6-8Q vs Radeon R7 Graphics
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 543 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 6.57 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Spectre | GM204 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 11 January 2014 (12 years ago) | 30 August 2015 (10 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 | 512 | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | 722 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 836 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,410 million | 5,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 23.04 | 69.31 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7373 TFLOPS | 2.218 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 32 | 96 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 576 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 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 | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | 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 | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1253 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 160.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | Motherboard Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 5.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 January 2014 | 30 August 2015 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 100 Watt |
R7 Graphics has 300% lower power consumption.
GRID M6-8Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 Graphics and GRID M6-8Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R7 Graphics is a desktop graphics card while GRID M6-8Q is a workstation one.
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