AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris

15.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 179.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
3.6x more pipelines: 2x 2304 vs 1280
2.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,728 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
5.3x more maximum memory size: 2x 16392 MB vs 6 GB

Texture fill rate	2x 179.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2304 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	2x 5,728 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 16392 MB vs 6 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1243 MHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 9028 MHz vs 7000 MHz

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1243 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	9028 MHz vs 7000 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Ellesmere	GP106
Launch date	24 April 2017	20 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$299
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	1506 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,728 gflops	4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	2x 2304	1280
Texture fill rate	2x 179.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	4,400 million
Boost clock speed		1709 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	305 mm	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 16392 MB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 224.0 GB / s	216.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	9028 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5