AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 676 vs 611

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 April 2018 vs 26 December 2017
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	676 vs 611

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1275 MHz
Around 68% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 81.6 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
Around 68% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 2,611 gflops
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 4 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9056 vs 1810
Around 96% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35108 vs 17880

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1275 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 81.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 2,611 gflops
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9056 vs 1810
Geekbench - OpenCL	35108 vs 17880

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

676

611

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1810

9056

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17880

35108

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	676	611
PassMark - G3D Mark	1810	9056
Geekbench - OpenCL	17880	35108
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3917

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Baffin	GP106
Launch date	11 April 2018	26 December 2017
Place in performance rating	302	303
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	1506 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,611 gflops	4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	1024	1280
Texture fill rate	81.6 GTexel / s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
Vulkan
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	5 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	160.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5