AMD Radeon RX 560 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 560
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 560
4GB GDDR5 75W N/A Apr 2017
Radeon RX 560
$99 • Apr 2017
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 560 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 75 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1275 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 1280 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 64 | 80 |
| ROPs | 16 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 20.4 GPixel/s | 82.03 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 112 GTexel/s | 192.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.611 GFLOPS | 4.375 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 1.50 MB |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 3000 Million | 4400 Million |
| Required PSU | 250 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | 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
1768
AMD Radeon RX 560
4085 (+131%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
19139
AMD Radeon RX 560
39230 (+105%)
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)
25.5 FPS
AMD Radeon RX 560
54.6 FPS (+114%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
3655
AMD Radeon RX 560
10080 (+176%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (66 benchmarks)
Baldur's Gate 3
7.3 2023 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Larian Studios
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+97%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+95%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+100%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
STAR WARS Squadrons
8 2020 • Action, Simulation MOTIVE
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+84%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+100%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+95%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Serious Sam 4
7.1 2020 • Action, Adventure, Indie Croteam
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+118%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+114%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+121%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Marvel's Avengers
8 2020 • Action, Adventure, RPG Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Nixxes
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+67%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+79%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 5 FPS
MIN 4 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+140%)
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
Horizon Zero Dawn
8.5 2017 • Action, Adventure, RPG Guerrilla
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+73%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+81%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+89%)
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
Maid of Sker
7.2 2020 • Action, Adventure, Indie Wales Interactive
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+80%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+81%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 560
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+108%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Wins!
Based on 66 benchmarks across 22 games
19
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 560
VS
+111.7%
40
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 560
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
0
Wins
19
Avg FPS
16
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
66
Wins
40
Avg FPS
33
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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