Radeon R9 370X vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	275	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	26.22	no data
Power efficiency	17.04	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	GP106	Trinidad
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 August 2016 (8 years ago)	27 August 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1280	1280
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	1030 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	180 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	133.6	82.40
Floating-point processing power	4.275 TFLOPS	2.637 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	80	80

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 size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	221 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 6-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	-	+
HDCP	2.2	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	-
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 August 2016	27 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	180 Watt

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