NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 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)

ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 600 MHz
13.9x more texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
11.1x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 80 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 200 Watt
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
13x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 628
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 12 December 2007
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161 vs 628
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 397

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8161

628

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

397

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161	628
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	397
Geekbench - OpenCL	31072
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)	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP106B	R600
Launch date	15 August 2016	12 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11
Place in performance rating	392	393
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	600 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1280	320
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB / s	118.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready