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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Cayman  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile.

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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

Which GPU is better between AMD Cayman  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Cayman vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile.

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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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Cayman vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile.

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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

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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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
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

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3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

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SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

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SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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Passmark

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User rating

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4.2 Out of 88 Hitesti Score