NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT 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 Radeon HD 7690M XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 725 MHz
7.7x more texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1280 vs 480
6.1x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 40 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 3600 MHz
8.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8160 vs 1009
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 31085 vs 8800

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 7 January 2013
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 480
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8160 vs 1009
Geekbench - OpenCL	31085 vs 8800

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

4.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 552 vs 444

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	552 vs 444

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8160

1009

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

552

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

31085

8800

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	8160	1009
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	552
Geekbench - OpenCL	31085	8800
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
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	3677

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Terascale 2
Code name	GP106B	Thames
Launch date	15 August 2016	7 January 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11
Place in performance rating	392	400
Price now	$229.99
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	49.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	725 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1280	480
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	716 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 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready