GRID M6 8Q vs Radeon R9 FURY X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GRID M6 8Q and Radeon R9 FURY X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GRID M6 8Q stacks up against Radeon R9 FURY X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon R9 FURY X
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 275 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 FURY X has 175% more power consumption, than GRID M6 8Q.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GRID M6 8Q has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M6 8Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 FURY X - with GCN 3.0.
  • GRID M6 8Q and Radeon R9 FURY X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M6 8Q is 3962 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 FURY X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 50−55
ultra / 1080p 10−11 30−35
QHD / 1440p 5−6 27−30
4K / 2160p 4−5 14−16
low / 720p 35−40 75−80
medium / 1080p 21−24 60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 FURY X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 175% more, than GRID M6 8Q.

Full Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon R9 FURY X
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 3.0
Code name GM204 Fiji
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 24 June 2015
Pipelines 1536 4096
Core clock speed 722 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 69.31 268.8
Floating-point performance 2,218 gflops 8,602 gflops
Length 191 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 512 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.2
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 858 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
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Compute units 64
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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