NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 90 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2x 512 MB
6.7x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
48.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9777 vs 202
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 771 vs 413

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2016 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9777 vs 202
PassMark - G2D Mark	771 vs 413

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 123.0 GTexel / s
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 120 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 123.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9777

202

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

771

413

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	9777	202
PassMark - G2D Mark	771	413
Geekbench - OpenCL	32371
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	159

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Curie
Code name	GP106	G71
Launch date	18 August 2016	5 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$599
Place in performance rating	391	389
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1152
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	278 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	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3