NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 380X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon R9 380X 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: 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

• Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
• Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 970 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 190 Watt
• 8.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 970 MHz
• Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9759 vs 6209
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 777 vs 666
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10566 vs 9685
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10566 vs 9685
• Around 26% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3844 vs 3053

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

• Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 124.2 GTexel / s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
• Around 78% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1152
• Around 1% better floating-point performance: 3,973 gflops vs 3,935 gflops
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3697
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3338
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3697
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3338

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	9759 6209
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	777 666
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10566 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3697 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3338 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10566 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3697 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3338 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3844 3053

Compare specifications (specs)