AMD Radeon RX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 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.

AMD Radeon RX 580

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
1444.3x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 133.6 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

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 15 August 2016
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1340 MHz
689.5x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 185 Watt
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12021 vs 11281
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5569 vs 3695
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5034 vs 3349
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12021 vs 11281
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5569 vs 3695
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5034 vs 3349

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 185 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12021 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5569 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5034 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12021 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5569 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5034 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11281

12021

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3695

5569

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

5034

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11281

12021

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3695

5569

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

5034

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark	8827
PassMark - G2D Mark	767
Geekbench - OpenCL	39028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11281	12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3695	5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	5034
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11281	12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3695	5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	5034
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1005

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Polaris 20	GP106
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	15 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	341	278
Price now	$169.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	76.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz	1670 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	1404 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	4,275 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	2304	1280
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	133.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
CUDA