GRID M60 1Q vs Radeon HD 6870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GRID M60 1Q and Radeon HD 6870, 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 M60 1Q stacks up against Radeon HD 6870, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GRID M60 1Q Radeon HD 6870
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GRID M60 1Q has 49% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • GRID M60 1Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID M60 1Q and Radeon HD 6870 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M60 1Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6870 - with Terascale 2.
  • GRID M60 1Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • GRID M60 1Q is 47 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M60 1Q is 3962 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 10−12
ultra / 1080p 12−14 6−7
QHD / 1440p 7−8 1−2
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 24−27
medium / 1080p 27−30 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GRID M60 1Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 6870.

Full Specs

  GRID M60 1Q Radeon HD 6870
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GM204 RV940 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 22 October 2010
Pipelines 2048 1120
Core clock speed 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz 900 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 150.8 50.40
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Length 267 mm 220 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 213 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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