GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile vs Radeon RX 7800M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon RX 7800M and GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 7800M outperforms GTX 1060 Mobile by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 158 | 288 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 27.53 |
| Power efficiency | 13.03 | 16.97 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Navi 32 | GP106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 11 September 2024 (less than a year ago) | 15 August 2016 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $237.11 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 cores | 3840 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 1295 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2335 MHz | 1708 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 28,100 million | 4,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 180 Watt | 80 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 94 °C |
| Texture fill rate | 560.4 | 133.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 35.87 TFLOPS | 4.275 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 48 |
| TMUs | 240 | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 60 | no data |
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 size | no data | large |
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 432.0 GB/s | 192 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| HDCP | - | 2.2 |
| G-SYNC support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| GameStream | - | + |
| GPU Boost | no data | 3.0 |
| VR Ready | no data | + |
| Ansel | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 110−120
+61.8%
| 68
−61.8%
|
| 1440p | 75−80
+70.5%
| 44
−70.5%
|
| 4K | 50−55
+66.7%
| 30
−66.7%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | no data | 3.49 |
| 1440p | no data | 5.39 |
| 4K | no data | 7.90 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40
+0%
|
40
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 37
+0%
|
37
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 63
+0%
|
63
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 32
+0%
|
32
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 32
+0%
|
32
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 106
+0%
|
106
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 67
+0%
|
67
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 69
+0%
|
69
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 74
+0%
|
74
+0%
|
| Valorant | 86
+0%
|
86
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 73
+0%
|
73
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 27
+0%
|
27
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 26
+0%
|
26
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 49
+0%
|
49
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 70
+0%
|
70
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 94
+0%
|
94
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 80
+0%
|
80
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 41
+0%
|
41
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 74
+0%
|
74
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 49
+0%
|
49
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 204
+0%
|
204
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 27
+0%
|
27
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 75
+0%
|
75
+0%
|
| Valorant | 53
+0%
|
53
+0%
|
| World of Tanks | 222
+0%
|
222
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 57
+0%
|
57
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 23
+0%
|
23
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 118
+0%
|
118
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 68
+0%
|
68
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 45
+0%
|
45
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 55
+0%
|
55
+0%
|
| Valorant | 72
+0%
|
72
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 17
+0%
|
17
+0%
|
| World of Tanks | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 42
+0%
|
42
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 45
+0%
|
45
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Valorant | 46
+0%
|
46
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 14
+0%
|
14
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 64
+0%
|
64
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 11
+0%
|
11
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 22
+0%
|
22
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 26
+0%
|
26
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Valorant | 23
+0%
|
23
+0%
|
This is how RX 7800M and GTX 1060 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RX 7800M is 62% faster in 1080p
- RX 7800M is 70% faster in 1440p
- RX 7800M is 67% faster in 4K
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 33.22 | 19.22 |
| Recency | 11 September 2024 | 15 August 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 180 Watt | 80 Watt |
RX 7800M has a 72.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.
GTX 1060 Mobile, on the other hand, has 125% lower power consumption.
The Radeon RX 7800M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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