NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded

  • 694.6x more texture fill rate: 85.44 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1152
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39778 vs 32384
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 85.44 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1152
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 39778 vs 32384

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

  • 3.5x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 435 MHz
  • Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1335 MHz
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • 5.8x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 772 vs 424
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9796 vs 6692
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 435 MHz
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 772 vs 424
PassMark - G3D Mark 9796 vs 6692

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
424
772
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6692
9796
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39778
32384
Name NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark 424 772
PassMark - G3D Mark 6692 9796
Geekbench - OpenCL 39778 32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 156

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Pascal
Code name GA107S GP106
Place in performance rating 289 388
Launch date 18 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1335 MHz 1708 MHz
Core clock speed 435 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 85.44 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 5.468 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.468 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2048 1152
Pixel fill rate 64.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 85.44 GTexel/s 123.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 120 Watt
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops
Transistor count 4,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 250 mm

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 88.00 GB/s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5