GRID M6-8Q vs Quadro2 Pro

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated474
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data6.35
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameNV15 A4GM204
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date22 March 2001 (23 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 coresno data1536
Core clock speed200 MHz722 MHz
Number of transistors25 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology180 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rate0.869.31
Floating-point processing powerno data2.218 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs496

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s160.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX7.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-5.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Quadro2 Pro 1
GRID M6-8Q 3568
+356700%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2001 30 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 180 nm 28 nm

GRID M6-8Q has an age advantage of 14 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro2 Pro and GRID M6-8Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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