NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB and AMD Radeon R9 M390X 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 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 94% higher core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
  • Around 44% better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 2,961 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 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12021 vs 6508
  • Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12021 vs 6508
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1404 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12021 vs 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12021 vs 6508

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M390X

  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8593 vs 5569
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8593 vs 5569
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 24690 vs 5034
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 24690 vs 5034
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2048 vs 1280
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8593 vs 5569
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8593 vs 5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 24690 vs 5034
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 24690 vs 5034

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M390X

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12021
6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12021
6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5569
8593
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5569
8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5034
24690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5034
24690
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB AMD Radeon R9 M390X
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12021 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12021 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5569 8593
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5569 8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5034 24690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5034 24690
PassMark - G3D Mark 3597
PassMark - G2D Mark 435
Geekbench - OpenCL 22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 78.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 312.822

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP106 Amethyst
Launch date 15 August 2016 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 276 304
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1670 MHz
Core clock speed 1404 MHz 723 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 2048
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s 92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

Vulkan
DirectX 12
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore