NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records a single direct comparison between these two professional graphics cards, and the result is entirely one-sided. In the Geekbench Vulkan test, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell scores 194,168 points, while the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q manages 31,220 points. The delta percentage of -83.9% confirms that the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is roughly six times faster in this API workload. This is not a marginal gap, it is a generational chasm.

Widening the view to the nearest rivals for each card puts this single head-to-head result into a broader context. The GRID M60-1Q sits at the 76th percentile of all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 31,220. Its closest competitor is the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 at 31,206, a 0% delta, meaning the two cards are statistically identical in average performance. The GRID M60-1Q also edges out the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER by 0.4% (31,220 versus 31,087) and trails the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell by 1% (31,532) and the TITAN RTX by 1.4% (31,676). In other words, the GRID M60-1Q is remarkably competitive with much newer consumer and workstation parts in this particular synthetic test, despite its age.

The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell, by contrast, holds the 72nd percentile of all GPUs. Its average score across all recorded benchmarks is 27,135, which is lower than its Geekbench Vulkan result because it is also measured in several PassMark and 3DMark tests where it posts moderate numbers. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT at 27,425 (-1.1%), the GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile at 27,435 (-1.1%), and the GeForce RTX 3090 at 27,565 (-1.6%). The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is 1.7% ahead of the RTX A4000, which scores 26,683. The single head-to-head result is therefore not representative of the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell's overall standing, it is an outlier where it vastly outperforms its own average, a sign that Vulkan loads scale exceptionally well with its architecture.

The GRID M60-1Q's 31,220 Geekbench Vulkan score places it among much newer hardware, which is notable for a 2015 part. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell's 194,168 score in the same test is 522% higher, a factor that dwarfs any other comparison in the database. The wins tally is accordingly lopsided: the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell wins 1 of the 1 recorded head-to-head tests, and the GRID M60-1Q wins none.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is the superior card by every recorded performance metric. The Geekbench Vulkan score of 194,168 versus 31,220, a -83.9% delta, leaves no room for interpretation. Any workload that uses Vulkan will be dramatically faster on the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell. The GRID M60-1Q is an end-of-life product from 2015, and its performance ceiling is far below what the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell delivers in 2025.

However, the verdict for the GRID M60-1Q is not entirely dismissive. Its average benchmark score of 31,220 places it at the 76th percentile, which is higher than the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell's 72nd percentile. This is a statistical quirk driven by the fact that the GRID M60-1Q has only one recorded benchmark, a Vulkan test where it happens to punch above its weight relative to the rest of the database. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell's average is dragged down by its PassMark DirectX 9, 10, 11, and 12 scores, which are 354, 173, 276, and 97 respectively, numbers that reflect legacy API overhead rather than raw capability.

For a user choosing between these two cards today, the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is the only rational pick from a performance standpoint. It offers 24 GB of GDDR7 memory, 8,960 shading units, and 70 RT cores, none of which the GRID M60-1Q can match. The GRID M60-1Q, with 1 GB of GDDR5 and 2,048 shading units, is a product of a different era. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is also active in production, while the GRID M60-1Q is end-of-life, meaning driver support and availability will favor the newer card.

The only scenario where the GRID M60-1Q might be preferable is in a legacy deployment where its specific Maxwell 2.0 feature set is required and where power or PCIe generation constraints are irrelevant. But from the recorded data, there is no benchmark where the GRID M60-1Q wins. The verdict is simple: the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell wins on every measurable axis, and the GRID M60-1Q is only viable in contexts that prioritize its historical compatibility over performance.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from completely different design eras. The GRID M60-1Q is built on the GM204 chip using Maxwell 2.0 architecture, manufactured on a 28 nm process at TSMC. It packs 5,200 million transistors onto a 398 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 13.1 million per square millimeter. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell uses the GB203 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture, also from TSMC but on a 5 nm process. It contains 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, a density of 120.6 million per square millimeter. The transistor count is 8.8 times higher on the newer card, yet the die is slightly smaller, a direct result of the process node shrink.

Memory architecture is another major divergence. The GRID M60-1Q has 1 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, yielding 160.4 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell has 24 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus, yielding 672.0 GB/s. The newer card has 24 times the capacity and 4.2 times the bandwidth, despite a narrower bus. The memory clock differs as well: the GRID M60-1Q runs at 1253 MHz (5 Gbps effective), while the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell runs at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective).

Compute resources are starkly different. The GRID M60-1Q has 2,048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell has 8,960 shading units, 280 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The newer card also has 70 RT cores and 280 tensor cores, features entirely absent from the GRID M60-1Q. Clock speeds tell a similar story: the GRID M60-1Q has a base clock of 557 MHz and a boost clock of 1178 MHz, while the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell runs at 1230 MHz base and 2055 MHz boost. Pixel rate on the GRID M60-1Q is 75.39 GPixel/s, versus 197.3 GPixel/s on the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell. Texture rate is 150.8 GTexel/s versus 575.4 GTexel/s. FP32 throughput is 4.825 TFLOPS versus 36.83 TFLOPS, a 7.6x difference.

The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell also supports FP16 at 36.83 TFLOPS (1:1 with FP32), while the GRID M60-1Q has no recorded FP16 capability. API support differs in the DirectX version: the GRID M60-1Q supports DirectX 12 (12_1), while the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). Both support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4.

Physical and power characteristics also diverge. The GRID M60-1Q is a dual-slot card, 267 mm long, with a 225 W TDP and a single 8-pin power connector, requiring a 550 W power supply. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is a single-slot card, 241 mm long, 111 mm high, and 20 mm wide, with a 140 W TDP, a single 16-pin connector, and a 300 W suggested PSU. The newer card is physically smaller, consumes 85 W less, and offers display outputs: 4x DisplayPort 2.1b, whereas the GRID M60-1Q has no display outputs at all.

FAQ

Q: Which card wins the only recorded head-to-head benchmark?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell wins the Geekbench Vulkan test with a score of 194,168 against the GRID M60-1Q's 31,220, a delta of -83.9%.

Q: How does the GRID M60-1Q compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The GRID M60-1Q's average score of 31,220 is within 0% of the Quadro M5000 (31,206), 0.4% ahead of the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER (31,087), 1% behind the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (31,532), and 1.4% behind the TITAN RTX (31,676).

Q: What is the memory capacity difference between the two cards?

A: The GRID M60-1Q has 1 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, while the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell has 24 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus.

Q: Does the GRID M60-1Q support ray tracing or tensor cores?

A: No, the GRID M60-1Q has no RT cores and no tensor cores. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell has 70 RT cores and 280 tensor cores.

Q: What are the power consumption figures for each card?

A: The GRID M60-1Q has a 225 W TDP and requires a 550 W power supply. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell has a 140 W TDP and requires a 300 W power supply.

Q: Which card is still in production?

A: The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is marked as active, while the GRID M60-1Q is end-of-life. The GRID M60-1Q was released on 2015-08-29, and the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell on 2025-03-17.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell wins the single recorded benchmark outright, and it wins on every architectural metric that matters for modern workloads. The Geekbench Vulkan score of 194,168 versus 31,220 demonstrates a massive advantage in compute-heavy, low-level API scenarios. For users running Vulkan-based applications, whether for rendering, simulation, or machine learning inference, the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is the clear choice. Its 36.83 TFLOPS of FP32 and FP16 performance, combined with 70 RT cores and 280 tensor cores, makes it suitable for ray tracing and AI-accelerated tasks that the GRID M60-1Q cannot handle at all.

The GRID M60-1Q has no recorded wins in the head-to-head data. However, its 76th percentile ranking versus the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell's 72nd percentile suggests that in the single test where it is measured, it performs better relative to the entire database than the newer card does on average. This is because the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell's average is pulled down by its PassMark scores: 173 in DirectX 10, 276 in DirectX 11, 97 in DirectX 12, and 354 in DirectX 9. These low legacy API scores indicate that the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is optimized for modern APIs, not for older DirectX workloads.

In practical terms, the GRID M60-1Q might still be relevant in a virtualized or legacy server environment where its Maxwell 2.0 architecture and 28 nm process are part of an established infrastructure. Its 1 GB memory capacity and 160.4 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for basic 2D or older 3D workloads, but the data shows no scenario where it outperforms the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell wins in every recorded benchmark category, every architecture comparison, and every capacity metric. A user with a specific need for a dual-slot, 225 W card with no display outputs might prefer the GRID M60-1Q, but that preference is not supported by any performance data in the database.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every specification field. The process node is 28 nm for the GRID M60-1Q versus 5 nm for the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell. Transistor count is 5,200 million versus 45,600 million, and die size is 398 mm² versus 378 mm². Transistor density is 13.1M per mm² versus 120.6M per mm².

Clock speeds differ: base clock is 557 MHz versus 1230 MHz, boost clock is 1178 MHz versus 2055 MHz, and memory clock is 1253 MHz (5 Gbps effective) versus 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective).

Memory is 1 GB GDDR5 versus 24 GB GDDR7, with bus widths of 256 bit versus 192 bit, and bandwidth of 160.4 GB/s versus 672.0 GB/s.

Compute units are 2,048 shading units versus 8,960, 128 TMUs versus 280, and 64 ROPs versus 96. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell has 70 RT cores and 280 tensor cores; the GRID M60-1Q has none.

Pixel rate is 75.39 GPixel/s versus 197.3 GPixel/s, texture rate is 150.8 GTexel/s versus 575.4 GTexel/s, and FP32 is 4.825 TFLOPS versus 36.83 TFLOPS. The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell has FP16 at 36.83 TFLOPS (1:1), while the GRID M60-1Q has no FP16 recorded.

TDP is 225 W versus 140 W, slot width is dual-slot versus single-slot, power connector is 1x 8-pin versus 1x 16-pin, and suggested PSU is 550 W versus 300 W. Bus interface is PCIe 3.0 x16 versus PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs are "No outputs" for the GRID M60-1Q versus 4x DisplayPort 2.1b for the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell.

DirectX support is 12 (12_1) versus 12 Ultimate (12_2). OpenGL and Vulkan versions are the same at 4.6 and 1.4. Dimensions are 267 mm length for the GRID M60-1Q versus 241 mm length, 111 mm height, and 20 mm width for the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell. Production status is end-of-life versus active, and release dates are 2015-08-29 versus 2025-03-17.