Radeon E9174 MXM vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking216not rated
Place by popularity26not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.50no data
Power efficiency14.44no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGP106Lexa
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)3 October 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1152512
Core clock speed1506 MHz1124 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1219 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate123.039.01
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS1.248 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs7232

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s96 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2016 3 October 2017
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 50 Watt

E9174 MXM has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 140% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and Radeon E9174 MXM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is a desktop card while Radeon E9174 MXM is a notebook one.


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