AMD Radeon RX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 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, 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
• 1411.6x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
• Around 80% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1280
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 747
• Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39028 vs 35369
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.235 vs 8.694
• 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 84.034 vs 21.766
• Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.721 vs 454.799
• Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1005 vs 907

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

• Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1257 MHz
• Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1340 MHz
• 705.6x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
• Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 185 Watt
• Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10079 vs 8827
• Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 119.148 vs 116.142
• Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1373.562 vs 1022.932
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 11281
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 11281

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	8827 10079
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	767 747
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	39028 35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	116.142 119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1022.932 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9.235 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	84.034 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	607.721 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11281 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3695 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11281 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3695 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1005 907

Compare specifications (specs)