NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire 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)

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 625 MHz
13.4x more texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 90 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1450 MHz
59.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 137

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161 vs 137

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 507 vs 444

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	507 vs 444

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8161

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

507

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	507
Geekbench - OpenCL	29461
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 X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	R500
Code name	GP106B	R580
Launch date	15 August 2016	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11
Place in performance rating	401	293
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	625 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	384 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
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1450 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