GRID M6 8Q vs Radeon R6 Carrizo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M6 8Q and Radeon R6 Carrizo. 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 M6 8Q and Radeon R6 Carrizo. 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.

Radeon R6 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R6 Carrizo is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R6 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon R6 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GRID M6 8Q has 733% more power consumption, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.
  • GRID M6 8Q is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • GRID M6 8Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GRID M6 8Q and Radeon R6 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 0−1
ultra / 1080p 10−11 0−1
QHD / 1440p 5−6 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 10−12
medium / 1080p 21−24 2−3
The average gaming FPS of GRID M6 8Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 400% more, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon R6 Carrizo
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GM204 Carrizo
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 30 August 2015 4 June 2015
Pipelines 1536 384
Core clock speed 722 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 69.31
Floating-point performance 2,218 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Laptop size medium sized
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