NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD Radeon R7 M465X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R7 M465X 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 R7 M465X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 85% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 925 MHz
4.6x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
4.6x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 947.2 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
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 4500 MHz
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9039 vs 1624
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 614 vs 440

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 December 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 512
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039 vs 1624
PassMark - G2D Mark	614 vs 440

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M465X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9039

1624

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

614

440

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon R7 M465X
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039	1624
PassMark - G2D Mark	614	440
Geekbench - OpenCL	33562
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	3907

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon R7 M465X
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP106	Tropo
Launch date	26 December 2017	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	309	306
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	947.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	512
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	29.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.2 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5