AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 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 - 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 580 2048SP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 676 vs 611
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3709 vs 3417
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3709 vs 3417
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 October 2018 vs 26 December 2017
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 676 vs 611
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709 vs 3417
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709 vs 3417

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1168 MHz
  • Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1284 MHz
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9056 vs 7657
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35108 vs 34598
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10818 vs 9258
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10818 vs 9258
  • 4.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3917 vs 849
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1168 MHz
Boost clock speed 1709 MHz vs 1284 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9056 vs 7657
Geekbench - OpenCL 35108 vs 34598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10818 vs 9258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10818 vs 9258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3917 vs 849

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7657
9056
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
676
611
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
34598
35108
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9258
10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9258
10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
849
3917
Name AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 7657 9056
PassMark - G2D Mark 676 611
Geekbench - OpenCL 34598 35108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 122.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1890.261
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.008
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 625.621
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9258 10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709 3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9258 10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709 3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 849 3917

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Code name Polaris 20 GP106
Launch date 15 October 2018 26 December 2017
Place in performance rating 358 303
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1284 MHz 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1168 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops
Pipelines 1280
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 8008 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 160 Bit
Memory type GDDR5