GRID M6-8Q vs FirePro D500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro D500 and GRID M6-8Q, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
D500 outperforms GRID M6-8Q by a moderate 17% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 422 | 468 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.74 | 6.42 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | GM204 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 30 August 2015 (9 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 | 1536 | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 722 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 5,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 69.60 | 69.31 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.227 TFLOPS | 2.218 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 96 | 96 |
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 | 279 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1270 MHz | 1253 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 243.8 GB/s | 160.4 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 5.2 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.83 | 9.25 |
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 30 August 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 8 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 100 Watt |
FirePro D500 has a 17.1% higher aggregate performance score.
GRID M6-8Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 174% lower power consumption.
The FirePro D500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M6-8Q in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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