NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 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) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 75% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 975 MHz
  • Around 71% higher texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 78 GTexel / s
  • Around 71% better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 2,496 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5600 MHz
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 4722
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.55 vs 64.576
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 509.222 vs 336.491
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 6096
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 6096
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 925 MHz
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s vs 78 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops vs 2,496 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 5600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8161 vs 4722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.55 vs 64.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 509.222 vs 336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12645 vs 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12645 vs 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 444
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75346 vs 29377
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3654
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3654
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 781 vs 444
Geekbench - OpenCL 75346 vs 29377
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 370

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8161
4722
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
444
781
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
29377
75346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
111.55
64.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
509.222
336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12645
6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3654
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12645
6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3654
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3357
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) AMD Radeon R9 370
PassMark - G3D Mark 8161 4722
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 781
Geekbench - OpenCL 29377 75346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.55 64.576
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) 509.222 336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12645 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3654 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12645 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3654 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3666 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) AMD Radeon R9 370

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106B Trinidad
Launch date 15 August 2016 5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $237.11
Place in performance rating 401 404
Price now $229.99
Type Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 49.49

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1708 MHz 975 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 925 MHz
CUDA cores 1280
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops 2,496 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 1280 1280
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s 78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 110 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,800 million

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 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 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 192 GB / s 179.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 5600 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