AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

not rated
Place in performance rating
164
Value for money (0-100)
34.16
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Pascal
Baffin
Code name
GP106
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
18 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)
$237.11
$78
Price now
$240 (1x MSRP)
4.0
GCN generation
no data
no data
Value for money
38.74
Baffin
GPU code name
N17E-G1
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
1280
855 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1200 MHz
Boost Clock
1708 MHz
3,000 million
Transistor count
4,400 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
80 W
Power consumption (TDP)
80 Watt
Texture fill rate
133.6
Floating-point performance
4,275 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
CUDA cores
1280
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
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Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
3,000 million
Number of transistors
4,400 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
80 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile.

Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size
large
SLI options
-
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile can be seen in this section.

Memory type
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
+
Multi monitor support
+
HDCP
2.2

Technologies

The difference between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is the additional functionality.

VR Ready
+
Multi Monitor
+
3D Vision
+
GPU Boost
3.0
CUDA
+
Surround
+
Multi-Projection
+
Ansel
+
Virtual Reality
+
ShadowWorks
+
GameStream
+
DSR
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
Shader Model
6.4
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 83 62 51 39 29 15
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 108 71.4 66.3 64.9 41.5 21.4
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 168 128 98 66 48 26
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 200 110 68.5 45.9 28.1 14.9
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 156 84.1 75.8 73.2 46.3 23.1
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Baffin

Cheaper ($78 vs $240 (1x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

37.72% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 1024)

So, AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile .

AMD Baffin versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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