NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 743 MHz
- 10x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
- 4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
- 8x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 80 nm
- 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 215 Watt
- 12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
- 4.8x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1656 MHz
- 12x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7902 vs 660
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 408 vs 397
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 27 June 2017 vs 14 May 2007 |
Core clock speed | 1063 MHz vs 743 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1280 vs 320 |
Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 475.5 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm vs 80 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt vs 215 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz vs 1656 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 7902 vs 660 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 408 vs 397 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q | ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 7902 | 660 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 408 | 397 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 30239 | |
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 | ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Pascal | TeraScale |
Code name | GP106 | R600 |
Launch date | 27 June 2017 | 14 May 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 379 | 381 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1480 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1063 MHz | 743 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops | 475.5 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 1280 | 320 |
Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s | 11.89 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt | 215 Watt |
Transistor count | 4,400 million | 720 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Length | 241 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB / s | 106.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 512 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz | 1656 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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Multi Monitor | ||
Multi-Projection | ||
VR Ready |