NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 625 MHz
13.7x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 90 nm
10x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 512 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1450 MHz
66x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9039 vs 137
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 614 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 December 2017 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	614 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9039

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

614

507

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	614	507
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	3905

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	R500
Code name	GP106	R580
Launch date	26 December 2017	24 January 2006
Place in performance rating	309	294
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.2 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3