AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
nvidia
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1152
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon RX 590
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
$199 • Aug 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 175 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1708 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 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 | 49.44 GPixel/s | 81.98 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 192.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 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 8-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
AMD Radeon RX 590
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
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)
AMD Radeon RX 590
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 590
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 590 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA • 3GB GDDR5
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