ATI FireGL 8700 vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking295not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.49no data
Power efficiency16.76no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGP106R200
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)14 August 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$237.11 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz250 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.62.000
Floating-point processing power4.275 TFLOPSno data
ROPs484
TMUs808

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount6 GB64 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz270 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s8.64 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x DVI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)8.1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.51.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 16 nm 150 nm

GTX 1060 Mobile has an age advantage of 15 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 837.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and FireGL 8700. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is a notebook card while FireGL 8700 is a workstation one.

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