NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q and AMD Radeon R9 M365X 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 Max-Q

AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 925 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
3.2x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
7.1x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1125 MHz
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7900 vs 1482

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1063 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 640
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7900 vs 1482

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 446 vs 408
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36410 vs 30239

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	446 vs 408
Geekbench - OpenCL	36410 vs 30239

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M365X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7900

1482

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

446

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

30239

36410

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R9 M365X
PassMark - G3D Mark	7900	1482
PassMark - G2D Mark	408	446
Geekbench - OpenCL	30239	36410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	147.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1681.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	98.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	416.14
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 R9 M365X
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP106	Tropo
Launch date	27 June 2017	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	379	380
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1063 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	640
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s	37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	1,500 million
Compute units		10
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1125 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore