GRID M6 8Q vs Radeon R9 380X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M6 8Q and Radeon R9 380X. 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 R9 380X. 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 M6 8Q Radeon R9 380X
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380X has 90% 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 380X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M6 8Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
  • GRID M6 8Q and Radeon R9 380X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M6 8Q is 4042 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 35−40
ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
QHD / 1440p 5−6 16−18
4K / 2160p 4−5 10−11
low / 720p 35−40 60−65
medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GRID M6 8Q.

Full Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon R9 380X
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 3.0
Code name GM204 Antigua
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 19 November 2015
Pipelines 1536 2048
Core clock speed 722 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 69.31 124.2
Floating-point performance 2,218 gflops 3,973 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 182.4 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
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
Compute units 32
Form factor full height / full length
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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