NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and AMD FirePro W8000 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 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 3,226 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 46% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 4149
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.55 vs 64.628
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 509.222 vs 387.109
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 7400
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 7400
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2016 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops vs 3,226 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 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8161 vs 4149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.55 vs 64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 509.222 vs 387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12645 vs 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12645 vs 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 489 vs 444
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82941 vs 30914
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3654
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3654
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1792 vs 1280
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 489 vs 444
Geekbench - OpenCL 82941 vs 30914
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8161
4149
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
444
489
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
30914
82941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
111.55
64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
509.222
387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12645
7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3654
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12645
7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3654
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3357
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) AMD FirePro W8000
PassMark - G3D Mark 8161 4149
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 489
Geekbench - OpenCL 30914 82941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.55 64.628
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) 509.222 387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12645 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3654 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12645 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3654 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3671

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) AMD FirePro W8000

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106B Tahiti
Launch date 15 August 2016 14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $237.11 $1,599
Place in performance rating 406 409
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 900 MHz
CUDA cores 1280
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 1280 1792
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s 100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

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 2x 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 176 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 5500 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