nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
amd
Brand16GB HBM2
Memory3840
Cores1020 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon VII
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
6GB GDDR5 120W $299 Jul 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
$299 • Jul 2016
VS
Radeon VII
$699 • Feb 2019
AMD Radeon VII
16GB HBM2 295W $699 Feb 2019
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | AMD Radeon VII |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | HBM2 |
| TDP | 120 W | 295 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1709 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 1020 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 5.1 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 3840 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 80 | 240 |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 4096-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2002 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 82.03 GPixel/s | 112 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 192.2 GTexel/s | 420 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.375 GFLOPS | 13.44 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.50 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | 331 mm² |
| Transistors | 4400 Million | 13230 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 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
4085
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
9396 (+130%)
AMD Radeon VII
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
39230
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
91653 (+134%)
AMD Radeon VII
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
54.6 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
118.2 FPS (+116%)
AMD Radeon VII
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
10080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
16396 (+63%)
AMD Radeon VII
Game Benchmarks Comparison (183 benchmarks)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
7.8 2022 • Action, Adventure, Indie Ember Lab
1080p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+60%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+67%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+69%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
It Takes Two
7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Hazelight Studios
1080p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+77%)
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+74%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+68%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Baldur's Gate 3
7.3 2023 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Larian Studios
1080p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+72%)
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+88%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+91%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
7.4 2021 • Action, RPG Cold Iron Studios
1080p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+86%)
AVG 132 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+107%)
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+114%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
Arcadegeddon
7 2023 • Action, Adventure IllFonic
1080p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+76%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+82%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+83%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
Land of War - The Beginning
7.5 2021 • Action, Adventure MS GAMES
1080p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+89%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+70%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+76%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon VII Wins!
Based on 183 benchmarks across 59 games
38
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
+93.1%
74
Avg FPS
Radeon VII
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
3
Wins
38
Avg FPS
32
Min FPS
2%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon VII
AMD • 16GB HBM2
179
Wins
74
Avg FPS
62
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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