NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD Radeon R7 M365X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R7 M365X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 R7 M365X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 825 MHz
5.9x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 23.04 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
5.9x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 737.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 4 GB
8x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
11.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9039 vs 772
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 614 vs 174
5.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33562 vs 6237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 December 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 23.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 737.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039 vs 772
PassMark - G2D Mark	614 vs 174
Geekbench - OpenCL	33562 vs 6237

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M365X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9039

772

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

614

174

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

33562

6237

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon R7 M365X
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039	772
PassMark - G2D Mark	614	174
Geekbench - OpenCL	33562	6237
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 R7 M365X
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP106	Litho
Launch date	26 December 2017	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	309	1103
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	825 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	737.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	384
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	23.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	1,040 million
Compute units		6
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.2 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore