AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
3.1x more texture fill rate: 409.6 GTexel / s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1280
3.1x better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 4,275 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12980 vs 12021
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12980 vs 12021

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 15 August 2016
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops vs 4,275 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12980 vs 12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12980 vs 12021

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1600 MHz
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
4.2x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5569 vs 3718
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5034 vs 3356
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5569 vs 3718
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5034 vs 3356

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5569 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5034 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5569 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5034 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12980

12021

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

5569

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

5034

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12980

12021

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

5569

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

5034

Name	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark	13327
PassMark - G2D Mark	750
Geekbench - OpenCL	75593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12980	12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718	5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	5034
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12980	12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718	5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	5034
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7074

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Pascal
Code name	Vega 10	GP106
Launch date	27 June 2017	15 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	199	276
Price now	$999.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	14.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1670 MHz
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	1404 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	4,275 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	4096	1280
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s	133.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	8008 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Technologies
CUDA