AMD Radeon RX 570X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 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 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570X

Videocard is newer: launch date 90 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 1063 MHz
1344.8x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 118.4 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 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 402
Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38939 vs 30492

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2108 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed	1168 MHz vs 1063 MHz
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	750 vs 402
Geekbench - OpenCL	38939 vs 30492

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 1244 MHz
742.9x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12767 vs 8697
Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12767 vs 8697
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 3101
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 3101
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7846 vs 1923

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz vs 1244 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12767 vs 8697
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12767 vs 8697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3345
PassMark - G3D Mark	7846 vs 1923

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8697

12767

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8697

12767

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3101

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3101

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3359

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

750

402

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1923

7846

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38939

30492

Name	AMD Radeon RX 570X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8697	12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8697	12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3101	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3101	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3359
PassMark - G2D Mark	750	402
PassMark - G3D Mark	1923	7846
Geekbench - OpenCL	38939	30492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		147.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1681.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		98.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		416.14
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3316

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 570X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
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	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	352	355
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1244 MHz	1480 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	1063 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.1 TFLOPs	3,789 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	118.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units	128
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 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
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		large
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
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready