AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 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: 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 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 1063 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
• Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 667 vs 402
• Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34584 vs 30399
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1890.261 vs 1681.162
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.121 vs 8.754
• Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.008 vs 98.592
• Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 625.621 vs 416.14

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

• Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 1284 MHz
• Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
• Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7824 vs 7663
• Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 147.271 vs 122.268
• Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12767 vs 9258
• Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12767 vs 9258
• 3.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3316 vs 849

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	7663 7824
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	667 402
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	34584 30399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	122.268 147.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1890.261 1681.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.121 8.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	117.008 98.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	625.621 416.14
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9258 12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3709 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9258 12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3709 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	849 3316

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