AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 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 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1063 MHz
1459.5x more texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 118.4 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 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35732 vs 30399
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 698 vs 402

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1063 MHz
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s vs 118.4 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 30399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3359
PassMark - G2D Mark	698 vs 402

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
4.7x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 3643
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 3643
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7824 vs 7540

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712 vs 3643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712 vs 3643
PassMark - G3D Mark	7824 vs 7540

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35732

30399

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3359

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

698

402

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7540

7824

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	35732	30399
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3643	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3643	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3359
PassMark - G2D Mark	698	402
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540	7824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		147.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1681.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		98.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		416.14
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12767
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3316

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Polaris 20	GP106
Launch date	18 March 2019	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	358	361
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1480 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1063 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	118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		3,789 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
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
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready