AMD Radeon RX 590 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 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 590

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1469 MHz vs 1404 MHz
1665.3x more texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13383 vs 12021
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13383 vs 12021

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 November 2018 vs 15 August 2016
Core clock speed	1469 MHz vs 1404 MHz
Texture fill rate	222.48 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13383 vs 12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13383 vs 12021

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1545 MHz
602.1x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 175 Watt
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5569 vs 3716
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5034 vs 3359
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5569 vs 3716
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5034 vs 3359

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 175 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5569 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5034 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5569 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5034 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13383

12021

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

5569

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

5034

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13383

12021

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

5569

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

5034

Name	AMD Radeon RX 590	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark	9374
PassMark - G2D Mark	789
Geekbench - OpenCL	45591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13383	12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716	5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	5034
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13383	12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716	5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	5034
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1081

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 590	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Polaris 30	GP106
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date	15 November 2018	15 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	280	278
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1670 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1469 MHz	1404 MHz
Floating-point performance	7.1 TFLOPs	4,275 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	16 nm
Pixel fill rate	49.54 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	222.48 GTexel/s	133.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	4,400 million
Pipelines		1280
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_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
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
CUDA