NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs AMD FirePro R5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and AMD FirePro R5000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 (Laptop)

AMD FirePro R5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 825 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
3.4x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 1,267 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
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 3200 MHz
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 2647
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3342
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3342

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 25 February 2013
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161 vs 2647
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro R5000

Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 625 vs 444
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 3654
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 3654

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	625 vs 444
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690 vs 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690 vs 3654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD FirePro R5000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8161

2647

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

625

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3654

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3654

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3342

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	AMD FirePro R5000
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161	2647
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	625
Geekbench - OpenCL	30914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	509.222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3654	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3654	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3671

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	AMD FirePro R5000
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP106B	Pitcairn
Launch date	15 August 2016	25 February 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	$1,099
Place in performance rating	406	408
Price now	$229.99
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	49.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	825 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1280	768
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	39.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	2x mini-DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		279 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB / s	102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready