NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB and AMD Radeon R9 M485X 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 Radeon R9 M485X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 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
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 15 May 2016
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
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB

Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
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		417
PassMark - G3D Mark		3661

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP106	Amethyst
Launch date	15 August 2016	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	276	272
Type	Desktop	Laptop
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	250 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
Vulkan
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
Enduro