AMD Radeon Vega 11 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 11 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support. 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 Vega 11

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.449 vs 31.946
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 18 August 2016
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.449 vs 31.946
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 vs 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 vs 3338

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

  • 5x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1300 MHz
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 123.0 GTexel / s vs 57.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 64% higher pipelines: 1152 vs 704
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 1,830 gflops
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9796 vs 1857
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 772 vs 478
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 32384 vs 13318
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 115.073 vs 41.582
  • 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1325.07 vs 371.843
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.057 vs 3.156
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 425.709 vs 248.838
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10566 vs 2156
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3697 vs 2475
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10566 vs 2156
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3697 vs 2475
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.0 GTexel / s vs 57.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1152 vs 704
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops vs 1,830 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9796 vs 1857
PassMark - G2D Mark 772 vs 478
Geekbench - OpenCL 32384 vs 13318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 115.073 vs 41.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1325.07 vs 371.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.057 vs 3.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 425.709 vs 248.838
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10566 vs 2156
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3697 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10566 vs 2156
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3697 vs 2475

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 11
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1857
9796
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
478
772
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
13318
32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.582
115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
371.843
1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.156
8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.449
31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
248.838
425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2156
10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2156
10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3338
Name AMD Radeon Vega 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 1857 9796
PassMark - G2D Mark 478 772
Geekbench - OpenCL 13318 32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 41.582 115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 371.843 1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.156 8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.449 31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 248.838 425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2156 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2475 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2156 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2475 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 156

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Pascal
Code name Owl GP106
Launch date 13 February 2018 18 August 2016
Place in performance rating 886 388
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1708 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1506 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,830 gflops 3,935 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 704 1152
Texture fill rate 57.2 GTexel / s 123.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 4,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 250 mm

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6