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

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570X 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 570X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570X

Videocard is newer: launch date 91 year(s) 8 month(s) later
1164.8x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 136.7 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
Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38939 vs 33558

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2108 vs 19 July 2016
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 3340
Geekbench - OpenCL	38939 vs 33558

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1168 MHz
Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1244 MHz
857.8x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 8697
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 8697
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 3101
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 3101
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10080 vs 1923

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1168 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1244 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12442 vs 8697
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12442 vs 8697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691 vs 3101
PassMark - G2D Mark	752 vs 750
PassMark - G3D Mark	10080 vs 1923

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8697

12442

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8697

12442

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3101

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3101

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3340

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

750

752

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1923

10080

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38939

33558

Name	AMD Radeon RX 570X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8697	12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8697	12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3101	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3101	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3340
PassMark - G2D Mark	750	752
PassMark - G3D Mark	1923	10080
Geekbench - OpenCL	38939	33558
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4202

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 570X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Polaris 20	GP106
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2108	19 July 2016
Place in performance rating	337	338
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1244 MHz	1709 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	1506 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.1 TFLOPs	4,375 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	136.7 GTexel / s
Texture Units	128
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	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 Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support