NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs AMD FirePro W8100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD FirePro W8100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 824 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 220 Watt
• Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
• Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9760 vs 7279
• Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 777 vs 717
• Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 115.073 vs 93.339
• Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10566 vs 5494
• Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10566 vs 5494

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

• Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 131.8 GTexel / s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
• 2.2x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1152
• Around 7% better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 3,935 gflops
• 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
• Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34705 vs 31373
• Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2333.922 vs 1325.07
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.816 vs 8.057
• 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 112.45 vs 31.946
• Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 440.107 vs 425.709

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8100

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	9760 7279
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	777 717
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	31373 34705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	115.073 93.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1325.07 2333.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.057 8.816
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	31.946 112.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	425.709 440.107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10566 5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3697 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3338 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10566 5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3697 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3338 3349

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