Radeon RX 7950 XTX vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking281not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation27.04no data
Power efficiency16.88no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP106Navi 31
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$237.11 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 cores12806144
Core clock speed1506 MHz2200 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz3300 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt355 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.61,267
Floating-point processing power4.275 TFLOPS81.1 TFLOPS
ROPs48192
TMUs80384
Ray Tracing Coresno data96

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data287 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB24 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s960.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI-+
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 355 Watt

GTX 1060 Mobile has 343.8% lower power consumption.

RX 7950 XTX, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Radeon RX 7950 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7950 XTX is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
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