NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition 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 7950 Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 49% higher texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 89.6 GTexel / s
Around 49% better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 2,867 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 200 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.55 vs 67.802
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1371.266 vs 1230.769
Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 509.222 vs 370.179

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 7 March 2013
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s vs 89.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops vs 2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.55 vs 67.802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1371.266 vs 1230.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	509.222 vs 370.179

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.68 vs 19.803

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1792 vs 1280
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.68 vs 19.803

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

111.55

67.802

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1371.266

1230.769

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.803

81.68

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

509.222

370.179

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161
PassMark - G2D Mark	444
Geekbench - OpenCL	29491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.55	67.802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1371.266	1230.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.803	81.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	509.222	370.179
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 Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP106B	Tahiti
Launch date	15 August 2016	7 March 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	$449
Place in performance rating	401	612
Price now	$229.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	49.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1280	1792
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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		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	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB / s	240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	384 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