AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)
- Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 155.1 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
| Texture fill rate | 155.1 GTexel / s vs 136.7 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2304 vs 1280 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 16 nm |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
- Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1120 MHz
- Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1266 MHz
- 754.3x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
- Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
- Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz vs 1120 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1709 MHz vs 1266 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 4,375 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 150 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
| Name | AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 10080 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 752 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 33576 | |
| 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 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3340 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12442 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3340 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4202 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Code name | Ellesmere | GP106 |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 4 August 2016 | 19 July 2016 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $450 | $299 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | 338 |
| Price now | $299.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 30.62 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1266 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| Compute units | 36 | |
| Core clock speed | 1120 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 5.8 TFLOPs | 4,375 gflops |
| GPU Power | 110 Watt | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Pipelines | 2304 | 1280 |
| Stream Processors | 2304 | |
| Texture fill rate | 155.1 GTexel / s | 136.7 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,700 million | 4,400 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
| Length | 250 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 192.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 8008 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | ||
| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| VR Ready | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
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