NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R7 370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R7 370 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 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 75% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 975 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 62.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 1,997 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • 8.2x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 975 MHz
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 4519
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.55 vs 72.514
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.49 vs 7.267
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 509.222 vs 359.237
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 7102
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 7102
  • 2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3666 vs 1499
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2016 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s vs 62.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops vs 1,997 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 975 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8161 vs 4519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.55 vs 72.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.49 vs 7.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 509.222 vs 359.237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12645 vs 7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12645 vs 7102
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3666 vs 1499

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 370

  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 605 vs 444
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 86561 vs 29363
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1506.404 vs 1371.266
  • 5.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 116.279 vs 19.803
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3707 vs 3654
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3707 vs 3654
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 605 vs 444
Geekbench - OpenCL 86561 vs 29363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1506.404 vs 1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.279 vs 19.803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 vs 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 vs 3654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 370

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8161
4519
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
444
605
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
29363
86561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
111.55
72.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1371.266
1506.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.49
7.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.803
116.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
509.222
359.237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12645
7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3654
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12645
7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3654
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3666
1499
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) AMD Radeon R7 370
PassMark - G3D Mark 8161 4519
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 605
Geekbench - OpenCL 29363 86561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.55 72.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1371.266 1506.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.49 7.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.803 116.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 509.222 359.237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12645 7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3654 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12645 7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3654 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3666 1499

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) AMD Radeon R7 370

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106B Trinidad
Launch date 15 August 2016 18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $237.11 $149
Place in performance rating 401 407
Price now $229.99
Type Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 49.49
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1708 MHz 975 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz
CUDA cores 1280
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops 1,997 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 1280 1024
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s 62.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 110 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1024

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 152 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192 GB / s 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 975 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
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)