AMD Radeon RX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 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

• Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
• 1568.8x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
• 2x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1152
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
• 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
• Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39028 vs 32384
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 116.142 vs 115.073
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.235 vs 8.057
• 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 84.034 vs 31.946
• Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.721 vs 425.709
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 10566
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 10566
• 6.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1005 vs 156

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

• Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1257 MHz
• Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1340 MHz
• 634.7x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
• Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 185 Watt
• Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9796 vs 8827
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 772 vs 767
• Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1325.07 vs 1022.932

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	8827 9796
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	767 772
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	39028 32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	116.142 115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1022.932 1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9.235 8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	84.034 31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	607.721 425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11281 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3695 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11281 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3695 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1005 156

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