NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 vs AMD Radeon Instinct MI8

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 and AMD Radeon Instinct MI8 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 MI8

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 175 Watt
8x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 175 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104	AMD Radeon Instinct MI8
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP104	Fiji
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
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	8,900 million
Floating-point performance		8,192 gflops
Pipelines		4096
Texture fill rate		256.0 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	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		512.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		4096 Bit
Memory type		HBM