NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD FireStream 9250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD FireStream 9250 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

AMD FireStream 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 625 MHz
5.5x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 800
4.4x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
5x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 1 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1986 MHz
7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9050 vs 1165
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 614 vs 465

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 December 2017 vs 16 June 2008
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 800
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9050 vs 1165
PassMark - G2D Mark	614 vs 465

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9050

1165

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

614

465

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD FireStream 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark	9050	1165
PassMark - G2D Mark	614	465
Geekbench - OpenCL	35103
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD FireStream 9250
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP106	RV770
Launch date	26 December 2017	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	305	306
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1280	800
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.2 GB / s	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3