NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD FirePro W9000 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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 6 GB

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 975 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Around 10% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10077 vs 6138
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 749 vs 720
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35364 vs 31775
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 119.148 vs 84.462

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 July 2016 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10077 vs 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	749 vs 720
Geekbench - OpenCL	35364 vs 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	119.148 vs 84.462

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1734.394 vs 1373.562
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.988 vs 8.694
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 86.984 vs 21.766
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 460.234 vs 454.799

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1734.394 vs 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.988 vs 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	86.984 vs 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	460.234 vs 454.799

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10077

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

749

720

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35364

31775

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

119.148

84.462

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1373.562

1734.394

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8.694

8.988

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.766

86.984

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

454.799

460.234

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	10077	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	749	720
Geekbench - OpenCL	35364	31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	119.148	84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1373.562	1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.694	8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.766	86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	454.799	460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4208

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP106	Tahiti
Launch date	19 July 2016	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$3,999
Place in performance rating	345	347
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	2048
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5