NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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 Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 650 MHz
11.8x more texture fill rate: 123.0 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 90 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
64.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9758 vs 151
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 777 vs 466

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2016 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9758 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	777 vs 466

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9758

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

777

466

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	9758	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	777	466
Geekbench - OpenCL	31449
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 Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	R500
Code name	GP106	R580+
Launch date	18 August 2016	10 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	366	328
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1152
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4