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.

 

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 30905
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