AMD Radeon RX 480 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W N/A Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
$299 • Jul 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
6GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jul 2016
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 150 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1280 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 82.03 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 192.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 4.375 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
AMD Radeon RX 480
4085 (+3%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595
AMD Radeon RX 480
39230 (+2%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 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
54.6 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
10080 (+17%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (344 benchmarks)
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+15%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+16%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+4%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Valheim
8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access Iron Gate AB
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+49%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+58%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+38%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
King Arthur Knight's Tale
8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy NeocoreGames
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+6%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+11%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+25%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
A Total War Saga TROY
8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+27%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+32%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+45%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 480
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+8%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+25%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 480
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+64%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 59 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 6 GB (+29%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 104 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 480
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+27%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 480
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+33%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Wins!
Based on 341 benchmarks across 114 games
41
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+11.4%
46
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
76
Wins
41
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
22%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
244
Wins
46
Avg FPS
39
Min FPS
72%
Win Rate
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