AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) 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 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 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 662 vs 444
• Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34854 vs 29363
• Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 115.237 vs 111.55
• Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1890.261 vs 1371.266
• Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.121 vs 8.49
• 7.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 149.333 vs 19.803
• Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 614.542 vs 509.222
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3709 vs 3654
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3709 vs 3654
• Around 3% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3782 vs 3666

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

• Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1168 MHz
• Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1708 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 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 7708
• Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 9258
• Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 9258

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	7708 8161
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	662 444
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	34854 29363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	115.237 111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1890.261 1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.121 8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	149.333 19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	614.542 509.222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9258 12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3709 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9258 12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3709 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3782 3666

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