NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 vs AMD Radeon Instinct MI6

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 and AMD Radeon Instinct MI6 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

AMD Radeon Instinct MI6

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1120 MHz
Around 39% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1233 MHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1120 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz vs 1233 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI6

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104	AMD Radeon Instinct MI6
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 4.0
Code name	GP104	Ellesmere
Launch date	25 December 2016	12 December 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	1233 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		5,682 gflops
Pipelines		2304
Texture fill rate		177.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	7000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		224.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5