AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro 580X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
1264.1x more texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Around 80% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35732 vs 35365
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3340
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3340

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2019 vs 19 July 2016
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	35732 vs 35365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
4.7x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 3643
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 3643
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 749 vs 698
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10086 vs 7540

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691 vs 3643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691 vs 3643
PassMark - G2D Mark	749 vs 698
PassMark - G3D Mark	10086 vs 7540

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35732

35365

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3340

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

698

749

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7540

10086

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	35732	35365
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3643	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3643	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3340
PassMark - G2D Mark	698	749
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540	10086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12442
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		907

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Polaris 20	GP106
Launch date	18 March 2019	19 July 2016
Place in performance rating	358	359
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1709 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	345.6 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.530 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	1280
Pixel fill rate	38.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	217.0 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)