AMD Radeon RX 480 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1152
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W N/A Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
$199 • Aug 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3GB GDDR5 120W N/A Aug 2016
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 150 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1708 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1152 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 72 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 81.98 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 192.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 3.935 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 1.50 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 4400 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3980 (+6%)
AMD Radeon RX 480
3753
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595 (+11%)
AMD Radeon RX 480
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 RX 480
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
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
9787 (+14%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (161 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+1%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+13%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 480
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+26%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 480
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+26%)
AVG 110 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 480
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+23%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 480
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+30%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+5%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+0%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+0%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+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 RX 480 (+4%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 480 (+4%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+9%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 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 RX 480 (+7%)
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+22%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+40%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 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 RX 480 (+18%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+21%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+30%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 480 Wins!
Based on 158 benchmarks across 54 games
48
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+0.4%
48
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
82
Wins
48
Avg FPS
41
Min FPS
52%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA • 3GB GDDR5
68
Wins
48
Avg FPS
40
Min FPS
43%
Win Rate
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