AMD Radeon 780M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon 780M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 70% higher boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 1708 MHz
1041.9x more texture fill rate: 139.2 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 16 nm
8x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 879 vs 444

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 15 August 2016
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz vs 1708 MHz
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	879 vs 444

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 31098 vs 27793
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8160 vs 6998
7.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3677 vs 480

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Pipelines	1280 vs 768
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	31098 vs 27793
PassMark - G3D Mark	8160 vs 6998
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3677 vs 480

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 780M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27793

31098

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

879

444

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6998

8160

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

480

3677

Name	AMD Radeon 780M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
Geekbench - OpenCL	27793	31098
PassMark - G2D Mark	879	444
PassMark - G3D Mark	6998	8160
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	480	3677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		509.222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 780M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Pascal
Code name	Phoenix	GP106B
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	15 August 2016
Place in performance rating	240	385
Launch price (MSRP)		$237.11
Price now		$229.99
Type		Laptop
Value for money (0-100)		49.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz	1708 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	768	1280
Pixel fill rate	92.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s	133.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	120 Watt
CUDA cores		1280
Floating-point performance		4,275 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Transistor count		4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	192 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	8008 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready