NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs AMD FirePro S7000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and AMD FirePro S7000 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 S7000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 76 GTexel / s
Around 76% better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 2,432 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 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 4524
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.55 vs 52.282
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1371.266 vs 1275.287
Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.49 vs 5.886
Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 509.222 vs 271.967

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 27 August 2012
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 950 MHz
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s vs 76 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161 vs 4524
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.55 vs 52.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1371.266 vs 1275.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.49 vs 5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	509.222 vs 271.967

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7000

Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 444
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 66.159 vs 19.803

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	705 vs 444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	66.159 vs 19.803

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S7000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8161

4524

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

705

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

111.55

52.282

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1371.266

1275.287

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

8.49

5.886

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.803

66.159

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

509.222

271.967

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	AMD FirePro S7000
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161	4524
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	705
Geekbench - OpenCL	29491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.55	52.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1371.266	1275.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.49	5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.803	66.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	509.222	271.967
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3667

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	AMD FirePro S7000
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP106B	Pitcairn
Launch date	15 August 2016	27 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	$1,249
Place in performance rating	401	399
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	950 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1280	1280
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	76 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	1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort count		1
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		292 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	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB / s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	4800 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