GRID M60 1Q vs Radeon R9 290X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GRID M60 1Q and Radeon R9 290X, 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 R9 290X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GRID M60 1Q Radeon R9 290X
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 290X has 11% more power consumption, than GRID M60 1Q.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R9 290X has 3 GB more memory, than GRID M60 1Q.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M60 1Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 290X - with GCN.
  • GRID M60 1Q and Radeon R9 290X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 290X is 8 mm longer, than GRID M60 1Q.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M60 1Q is 3762 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 290X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 35−40
ultra / 1080p 12−14 24−27
QHD / 1440p 7−8 18−20
4K / 2160p 5−6 10−11
low / 720p 40−45 60−65
medium / 1080p 27−30 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 73% more, than GRID M60 1Q.

Full Specs

  GRID M60 1Q Radeon R9 290X
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN
Code name GM204 Hawaii XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 24 October 2013
Pipelines 2048 2816
Core clock speed 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz 947 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 150.8 176.0
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops 5,632 gflops
Length 267 mm 275 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 320 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.2
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.76 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 623 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 25.75 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 350 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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