NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs ATI Radeon X800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and ATI Radeon X800 GT 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 X800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 475 MHz
32.4x more texture fill rate: 123.0 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 110 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 128 MB
8.1x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 986 MHz
116.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9769 vs 84
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 772 vs 423

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2016 vs 1 November 2005
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9769 vs 84
PassMark - G2D Mark	772 vs 423

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GT

3x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

772

423

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	ATI Radeon X800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	9769	84
PassMark - G2D Mark	772	423
Geekbench - OpenCL	32334
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	3851

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	ATI Radeon X800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	R400
Code name	GP106	R430
Launch date	18 August 2016	1 November 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	372	375
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1152
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s	3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	31.55 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR