NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 90 nm
  • Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 110 Watt
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2x 512 MB
  • 6.7x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 39.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7920 vs 202
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed 1063 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7920 vs 202

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

  • Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 118.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 409
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 vs 409

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7920
202
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
409
413
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark 7920 202
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 413
Geekbench - OpenCL 30208
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 NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Curie
Code name GP106 G71
Launch date 27 June 2017 5 June 2006
Place in performance rating 379 382
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Price now $54.99
Value for money (0-100) 4.54

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1480 MHz
Core clock speed 1063 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 1280
Texture fill rate 118.4 GTexel / s 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 110 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 278 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
Length 270 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.6 2.1
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 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

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready