NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB vs AMD FirePro W4300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB and AMD FirePro W4300 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • 3x more texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
  • 3x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 1,428 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
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12021 vs 3572
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12021 vs 3572
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2016 vs 1 December 2015
Core clock speed 1404 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12021 vs 3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12021 vs 3572

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4300

  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6161 vs 5569
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6161 vs 5569
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 17597 vs 5034
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 17597 vs 5034
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6161 vs 5569
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6161 vs 5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 17597 vs 5034
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 17597 vs 5034

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W4300

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12021
3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12021
3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5569
6161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5569
6161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5034
17597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5034
17597
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB AMD FirePro W4300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12021 3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12021 3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5569 6161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5569 6161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5034 17597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5034 17597
PassMark - G3D Mark 2834
PassMark - G2D Mark 652
Geekbench - OpenCL 10312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 828.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.985
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 59.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 152.484

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB AMD FirePro W4300

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP106 Bonaire
Launch date 15 August 2016 1 December 2015
Place in performance rating 275 416
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1670 MHz
Core clock speed 1404 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops 1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 768
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s 44.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 171 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

Vulkan
DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

CUDA