AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm

Launch date	1 June 2018 vs 5 January 2018
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1301 MHz
5x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1301 MHz
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14345

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Pascal
Code name	Vega 10	GP106
Launch date	1 June 2018	5 January 2018
Place in performance rating	134	72
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1301 MHz	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1138 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Pipelines		1280
Texture fill rate		136.7 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	8008 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory bandwidth		192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		192 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5