NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 800 MHz
- Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 89.6 GTexel / s
- Around 32% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 2,867 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
- 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 200 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB
- Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
- 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 147.271 vs 67.802
- Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1681.162 vs 1230.769
- Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 98.592 vs 81.68
- Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 416.14 vs 370.179
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 27 June 2017 vs 7 March 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 1063 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s vs 89.6 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 2,867 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt vs 200 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 3 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 147.271 vs 67.802 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1681.162 vs 1230.769 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 98.592 vs 81.68 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 416.14 vs 370.179 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
- Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
| Pipelines | 1792 vs 1280 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q | AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7846 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 402 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 30492 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 147.271 | 67.802 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1681.162 | 1230.769 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.754 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 98.592 | 81.68 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 416.14 | 370.179 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12767 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3712 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12767 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3712 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3316 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q | AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GP106 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 27 June 2017 | 7 March 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 355 | 577 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1480 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1063 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops | 2,867 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 1792 |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s | 89.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,400 million | 4,313 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
| Length | 279 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB / s | 240.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| Multi Monitor | ||
| Multi-Projection | ||
| VR Ready | ||
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