NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 669 MHz
2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 2x 320
5x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 140 Watt
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2x 512 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1656 MHz
9.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 822
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	1280 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 58% higher texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 133.6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 133.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8161

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

422

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	29491
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	3667

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP106B	RV670
Launch date	15 August 2016	4 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	$349
Place in performance rating	401	344
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	669 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1280	2x 320
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	666 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 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready