NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB and AMD FireStream 9170 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 800 MHz
10.4x more texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
8.3x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 105 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
5x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 8 November 2007
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB	AMD FireStream 9170
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5569
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5034
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5034
PassMark - G2D Mark		493
PassMark - G3D Mark		647

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP106	RV670
Launch date	15 August 2016	8 November 2007
Place in performance rating	275	289
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1280	320
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
Vulkan
DirectX		10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA