NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon HD 6650A 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 Radeon HD 6650A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 600 MHz
9.5x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1280 vs 480
7.6x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 40 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
12.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10086 vs 836
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 749 vs 418

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 July 2016 vs 19 April 2011
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 480
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10086 vs 836
PassMark - G2D Mark	749 vs 418

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650A

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6650A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10086

836

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

749

418

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
PassMark - G3D Mark	10086	836
PassMark - G2D Mark	749	418
Geekbench - OpenCL	35365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	454.799
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	907

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP106	Onega
Launch date	19 July 2016	19 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	359	355
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	480
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	45 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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3