AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

General info

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

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Place in performance rating
164
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Value for money (0-100)
34.16
TeraScale 3
Architecture
Pascal
Cayman
Code name
GP106
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
18 August 2016 (5 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$237.11
$17.44
Price now
$240 (1x MSRP)
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Value for money
38.74
Cayman
GPU code name
N17E-G1
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

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

1536
Pipelines
1280
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Core clock speed
1506 MHz
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Boost Clock
1708 MHz
2,640 million
Transistor count
4,400 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
80 Watt
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Texture fill rate
133.6
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Floating-point performance
4,275 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
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CUDA cores
1280
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
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Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
2,640 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 Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
-
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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 Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile can be seen in this section.

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

Video outputs and ports

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

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

Technologies

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

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

API support

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

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cayman 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 Cayman 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 Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 83 62 51 39 29 15
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 108 71.4 66.3 64.9 41.5 21.4
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 168 128 98 66 48 26
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 200 110 68.5 45.9 28.1 14.9
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cayman
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 Cayman

Cheaper ($17.44 vs $240 (1x MSRP))

More pipelines (1536 vs 1280)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

37.86% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 40 nm)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile?

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

AMD Cayman versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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