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    GeForce GTX 1060 mobile vs Radeon R9 295X2

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1060 mobile and Radeon R9 295X2. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1060 mobile and Radeon R9 295X2. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce GTX 1060 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: GeForce GTX 1060 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1060 mobile here:

    GeForce GTX 1060 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1060 mobile Radeon R9 295X2
    Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 500 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 2 x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 295X2 has 525% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1060 mobile.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Radeon R9 295X2 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 1060 mobile.
    • GeForce GTX 1060 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 295X2 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 1060 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 295X2 - with GCN 2.0.
    • GeForce GTX 1060 mobile is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 295X2 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1060 mobile is 6750 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 295X2.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 40−45 40−45
    ultra / 1080p 27−30 27−30
    QHD / 1440p 21−24 21−24
    4K / 2160p 12−14 12−14
    low / 720p 65−70 70−75
    medium / 1080p 50−55 50−55
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 295X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2% more, than GeForce GTX 1060 mobile.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1060 mobile Radeon R9 295X2
    Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
    Code name N17E-G1 Vesuvius
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 18 August 2016 29 April 2014
    Pipelines 1280 2816
    Core clock speed 1506 MHz
    Boost Clock 1708 MHz 1018 MHz
    Transistor count 4,400 million 6,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 133.6 179.2
    Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops 2x 5,733 gflops
    Length 307 mm
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 512 Bit
    Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s 640 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    G-SYNC support +
    VR Ready +
    DirectX 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 6.3
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131 +
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 1280
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI +
    HDCP 2.2
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 61.5 Mh/s
    GameStream +
    GPU Boost 3.0
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
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