ATI Radeon X1600 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking216not rated
Place by popularity26not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.32no data
Power efficiency14.39no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)
GPU code nameGP106RV516
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1152no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz635 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million105 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt27 Watt
Texture fill rate123.02.540
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPSno data
ROPs484
TMUs724

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount3 GB512 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz800 MBps
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s12.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA6.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1060 3 GB 9588
+19467%
ATI X1600 49

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 16 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 27 Watt

GTX 1060 3 GB has a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.

ATI X1600, on the other hand, has 344.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and Radeon X1600. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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