AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 585 vs 444
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 November 2018 vs 15 August 2016
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 585 vs 444

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

  • 5x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1190 MHz
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2400 MHz
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 8870
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 8870
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3654 vs 3586
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3654 vs 3586
  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 29491 vs 22421
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 4809
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12645 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12645 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3654 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3654 vs 3586
Geekbench - OpenCL 29491 vs 22421
PassMark - G3D Mark 8161 vs 4809

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8870
12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8870
12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3586
3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3586
3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3359
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
22421
29491
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
585
444
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4809
8161
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8870 12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8870 12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3586 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3586 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3359
Geekbench - OpenCL 22421 29491
PassMark - G2D Mark 585 444
PassMark - G3D Mark 4809 8161
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3666

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Pascal
Code name Vega 12 GP106B
Launch date 14 November 2018 15 August 2016
Place in performance rating 360 401
Type Workstation Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $237.11
Price now $229.99
Value for money (0-100) 49.49

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1190 MHz 1708 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
CUDA cores 1280
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 1280
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 4,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 2400 MHz 8008 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 192 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready