NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon HD 7690M 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 Radeon HD 7690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 725 MHz
2.4x more boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 725 MHz
7.9x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1280 vs 480
6.3x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 40 nm
5x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 1 GB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9039 vs 1003
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 614 vs 576
27x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33562 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 December 2017 vs 25 December 2011
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 480
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039 vs 1003
PassMark - G2D Mark	614 vs 576
Geekbench - OpenCL	33562 vs 1242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M

6x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7690M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9039

1003

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

614

576

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

33562

1242

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039	1003
PassMark - G2D Mark	614	576
Geekbench - OpenCL	33562	1242
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	3908

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP106	Thames
Launch date	26 December 2017	25 December 2011
Place in performance rating	308	389
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	725 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	480
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.2 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory		0