AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 640

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	13 May 2019 vs 8 March 2018
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1218 MHz
4.6x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz vs 1218 MHz
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

Name	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3278
Geekbench - OpenCL	11683
PassMark - G2D Mark	352
PassMark - G3D Mark	2142

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Arctic Islands	GP104
Launch date	13 May 2019	8 March 2018
Place in performance rating	794	not rated
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz	1708 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512
Pixel fill rate	19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	7,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	5.7 inches (145 mm)	250 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)