AMD Radeon RX 570 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 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 570

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 1191.8x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 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
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 15 August 2016
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

  • Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 926-1168 MHz
  • Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1206-1244 MHz
  • 838.2x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12021 vs 9172
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5569 vs 3624
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5034 vs 3346
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12021 vs 9172
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5569 vs 3624
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5034 vs 3346
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1404 MHz vs 926-1168 MHz
Boost clock speed 1670 MHz vs 1206-1244 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12021 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5569 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5034 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12021 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5569 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5034 vs 3346

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9172
12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3624
5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3346
5034
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9172
12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3624
5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3346
5034
Name AMD Radeon RX 570 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 6967
PassMark - G2D Mark 626
Geekbench - OpenCL 36107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9172 12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3624 5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 5034
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9172 12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3624 5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 5034
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 880

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 570 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Code name Polaris 20 GP106
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 15 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Place in performance rating 405 278
Price now $149.99
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.00

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1206-1244 MHz 1670 MHz
Core clock speed 926-1168 MHz 1404 MHz
Floating-point performance 5.1 TFLOPs 4,275 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 2048 1280
Pixel fill rate 39.81 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2048
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s 133.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units 128
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 4,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 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

Technologies

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
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
CUDA