GRID M60 1Q vs Radeon HD 6950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M60 1Q and Radeon HD 6950. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GRID M60 1Q and Radeon HD 6950. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GRID M60 1Q Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 500 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 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 122% more power consumption, than GRID M60 1Q.
  • GRID M60 1Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 6950 has 1 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 HD 6950 - with TeraScale 3.
  • GRID M60 1Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Both graphics cards are the same length of 267 mm.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M60 1Q is 3762 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 14−16
ultra / 1080p 12−14 8−9
QHD / 1440p 7−8 3−4
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 27−30
medium / 1080p 27−30 16−18
The average gaming FPS of GRID M60 1Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 57% more, than Radeon HD 6950.

Full Specs

  GRID M60 1Q Radeon HD 6950
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale 3
Code name GM204 Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 14 December 2010
Pipelines 2048 1408
Core clock speed 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 150.8 70.40
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s
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) 244 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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