AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 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. 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 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
• Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34856 vs 33558
• Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1890.261 vs 1373.562
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.121 vs 8.694
• 6.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 149.333 vs 21.766
• Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 614.542 vs 454.799

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 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 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10080 vs 7711
• Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 752 vs 662
• Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 119.148 vs 115.237
• Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 9258
• Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 9258
• Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4202 vs 3782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	7711 10080
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	662 752
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	34856 33558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	115.237 119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1890.261 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.121 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	149.333 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	614.542 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9258 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3709 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9258 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3709 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3782 4202

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