NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and ATI FireGL V8600 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 688 MHz
11.2x more texture fill rate: 123.0 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
3.6x more pipelines: 1152 vs 320
8.9x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 80 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 159 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1736 MHz
11.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9758 vs 839
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 777 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2016 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1152 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 159 Watt
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9758 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	777 vs 406

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9758

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

777

406

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	9758	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	777	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	31373
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	3844

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP106	R600
Launch date	18 August 2016	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$1,899
Place in performance rating	366	363
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1152	320
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	250 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4