GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameSpectre SLGP104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 September 2014 (10 years ago)18 October 2018 (6 years ago)

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 cores2561280
Core clock speed626 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed847 MHz1709 MHz
Number of transistors2,410 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate10.02136.7
Floating-point processing power0.3205 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs1680

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5X
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared6 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared192 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1001 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.2 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.5 (6.0)6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.2.1701.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 September 2014 18 October 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 120 Watt

R5 Mobile Graphics has 605.9% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics
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