NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD FirePro W7100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD FirePro W7100 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, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 64% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 920 MHz
  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 103.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 3,297 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 400 Watt
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9039 vs 5314
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33562 vs 24858
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10818 vs 6362
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10818 vs 6362
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 December 2017 vs 12 August 2014
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 920 MHz
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s vs 103.0 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops vs 3,297 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9039 vs 5314
Geekbench - OpenCL 33562 vs 24858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10818 vs 6362
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10818 vs 6362
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7100

  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
  • Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 5 GB
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 683 vs 614
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 3417
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 3417
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1792 vs 1280
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 5 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 683 vs 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 vs 3417
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 vs 3417

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9039
5314
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
614
683
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
33562
24858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10818
6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3417
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10818
6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3417
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3355
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB AMD FirePro W7100
PassMark - G3D Mark 9039 5314
PassMark - G2D Mark 614 683
Geekbench - OpenCL 33562 24858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10818 6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3417 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10818 6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3417 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1248.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 361.58

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB AMD FirePro W7100

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP106 Tonga
Launch date 26 December 2017 12 August 2014
Place in performance rating 309 438
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 920 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 3,297 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1792
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s 103.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 400 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 250 mm 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.2 GB / s 160 GB / s
Memory bus width 160 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5