NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 669 MHz
2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 2x 320
5.1x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 140 Watt
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2x 512 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1656 MHz
12.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10077 vs 822
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 749 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 July 2016 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	1280 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10077 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	749 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10077

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

749

422

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	10077	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	749	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	35364
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	4208

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP106	RV670
Launch date	19 July 2016	4 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$349
Place in performance rating	345	342
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1280	2x 320
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	666 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 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3