AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 3069.9x more texture fill rate: 377.6 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
  • 3.6x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1152
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13123 vs 10566
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13123 vs 10566
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3338
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3338
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75438 vs 31372
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 948 vs 777
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14631 vs 9761
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 June 2017 vs 18 August 2016
Texture fill rate 377.6 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 4096 vs 1152
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13123 vs 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13123 vs 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3338
Geekbench - OpenCL 75438 vs 31372
PassMark - G2D Mark 948 vs 777
PassMark - G3D Mark 14631 vs 9761

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1475 MHz
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 10.2x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 1475 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13123
10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13123
10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3338
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
75438
31372
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
948
777
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14631
9761
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13123 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13123 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3338
Geekbench - OpenCL 75438 31372
PassMark - G2D Mark 948 777
PassMark - G3D Mark 14631 9761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 425.709
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3841

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Pascal
Code name Vega 10 GP106
Launch date 23 June 2017 18 August 2016
Place in performance rating 174 366
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1475 MHz 1708 MHz
Compute units 64
Core clock speed 1250 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 755.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 24.17 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.08 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4096 1152
Pixel fill rate 94.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 377.6 GTexel/s 123.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 12500 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 3,935 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
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 250 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB/s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective) 8008 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)