NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs AMD Radeon R7 M465X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon R7 M465X 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 3 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 85% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 4.2x more texture fill rate: 123.0 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 1152 vs 512
  • 4.2x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 4500 MHz
  • 5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9771 vs 1780
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 378
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 August 2016 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.0 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1152 vs 512
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9771 vs 1780
PassMark - G2D Mark 770 vs 378

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M465X

  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 3 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M465X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9771
1780
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
770
378
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB AMD Radeon R7 M465X
PassMark - G3D Mark 9771 1780
PassMark - G2D Mark 770 378
Geekbench - OpenCL 32370
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3856

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB AMD Radeon R7 M465X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106 Tropo
Launch date 18 August 2016 15 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 365 364
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1708 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops 947.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1152 512
Texture fill rate 123.0 GTexel / s 29.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5