nvidia
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1152
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
$199 • Aug 2016
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
$499 • Jun 2012
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 120 W | 300 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1708 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 1152 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 72 | 128 |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2002 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 81.98 GPixel/s | 33.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 192.2 GTexel/s | 288 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.935 GFLOPS | 4.301 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.50 MB | 0.75 MB |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 4400 Million | 4313 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 700 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 11.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| 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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB Wins!
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA • 3GB GDDR5
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