GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and Radeon HD 7850 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs Radeon HD 7850
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
Radeon HD 7850
3976
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Radeon HD 7850
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
GP106
Pitcairn
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
March 2012
Bus support
-
PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1000 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
1,761 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
2,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
55.04
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
153.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity
-
1
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
-
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12
CUDA
6.1
-
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
+
AppAcceleration
-
-
CrossFire
-
1
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
-
1
HD3D
-
-
PowerTune
-
-
TrueAudio
-
-
ZeroCore
-
-