NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs AMD FirePro S7150

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and AMD FirePro S7150 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 6 month(s) later
  • Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 117.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 14% better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 3,763 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 2727
  • 4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.55 vs 27.544
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1371.266 vs 570.969
  • 12.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.49 vs 0.687
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 6147
  • 5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 583
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 6147
  • 5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 583
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2016 vs 1 February 2016
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s vs 117.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops vs 3,763 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8161 vs 2727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.55 vs 27.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1371.266 vs 570.969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.49 vs 0.687
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12645 vs 6147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12645 vs 6147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 583

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7150

  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 444
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 23.637 vs 19.803
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4359 vs 3654
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4359 vs 3654
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1792 vs 1280
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 465 vs 444
Geekbench - OpenCL 29623 vs 29491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 23.637 vs 19.803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4359 vs 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4359 vs 3654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S7150

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8161
2727
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
444
465
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
29491
29623
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
111.55
27.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1371.266
570.969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.49
0.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.803
23.637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12645
6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3654
4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12645
6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3654
4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
583
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) AMD FirePro S7150
PassMark - G3D Mark 8161 2727
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 465
Geekbench - OpenCL 29491 29623
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.55 27.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1371.266 570.969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.49 0.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.803 23.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 509.222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12645 6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3654 4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12645 6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3654 4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 583
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3667

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) AMD FirePro S7150

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP106B Tonga
Launch date 15 August 2016 1 February 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $237.11 $2,399
Place in performance rating 401 633
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 1050 MHz
CUDA cores 1280
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops 3,763 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 1280 1792
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s 117.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 192 GB / s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 5000 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