NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q and ATI Radeon X1950 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 Max-Q

ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 64% higher core clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 650 MHz
11.4x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 10.4 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
4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
52x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7846 vs 151

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	1063 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7846 vs 151

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 466 vs 402

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	466 vs 402

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7846

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

402

466

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	7846	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	402	466
Geekbench - OpenCL	30492
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 X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	R500
Code name	GP106	R580+
Launch date	27 June 2017	10 September 2006
Place in performance rating	355	357
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz
Core clock speed	1063 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready