NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon HD 6610M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 6610M 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

AMD Radeon HD 6610M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.6x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 450 MHz
25.7x more texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 480
20.5x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 432.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
27.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15537 vs 565
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 887 vs 527

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2016 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 480
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops vs 432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15537 vs 565
PassMark - G2D Mark	887 vs 527

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6610M

6.9x lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 180 Watt
160x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6610M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15537

565

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

887

527

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon HD 6610M
PassMark - G3D Mark	15537	565
PassMark - G2D Mark	887	527
Geekbench - OpenCL	55504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7537

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon HD 6610M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP104	Whistler
Launch date	27 May 2016	4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	273	271
Price now	$439.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	43.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	2560
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops	432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	2560	480
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s	10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	26 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin
Width	2-slot
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready