amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290X
VS
nvidia
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1152
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon R9 290X
4GB GDDR5 290W $549 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
VS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
$199 • Aug 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3GB GDDR5 120W $199 Aug 2016
Advertisement
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 290 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1708 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2816 | 1152 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 176 | 72 |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 64 GPixel/s | 81.98 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 192.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.632 GFLOPS | 3.935 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 1.50 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 4400 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3819 (+2%)
AMD Radeon R9 290X
3753
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
43410 (+25%)
AMD Radeon R9 290X
34861
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon R9 290X
49.7 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8530
AMD Radeon R9 290X
9787 (+15%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (161 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+6%)
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+18%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+29%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+16%)
AVG 110 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+11%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+13%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+5%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+0%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+0%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+9%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon R9 290X (+3%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon R9 290X (+6%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+14%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+8%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+22%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+45%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+18%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+10%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+37%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB Wins!
Based on 158 benchmarks across 54 games
47
Avg FPS
Radeon R9 290X
VS
+2.7%
48
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
66
Wins
47
Avg FPS
39
Min FPS
42%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA • 3GB GDDR5
77
Wins
48
Avg FPS
40
Min FPS
49%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
Comments & Discussion
Share your thoughts and experiences
Loading comments...