NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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)

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 90 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2x 512 MB
6.7x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
40.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 202
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 413

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161 vs 202
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 413

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 120 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8161

202

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

413

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161	202
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	413
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)	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Curie
Code name	GP106B	G71
Launch date	15 August 2016	5 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	$599
Place in performance rating	392	389
Price now	$229.99	$54.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	49.49	4.54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	500 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	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	278 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		270 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB / s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1200 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