NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD Radeon Pro 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon Pro 580 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

AMD Radeon Pro 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 6780 MHz
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9039 vs 7753
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10818 vs 10113
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3417 vs 2900
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10818 vs 10113
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3417 vs 2900

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 December 2017 vs 5 June 2017
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 6780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039 vs 7753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10818 vs 10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3417 vs 2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10818 vs 10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3417 vs 2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580

Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 193.0 GTexel / s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Around 80% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1280
Around 41% better floating-point performance: 6,175 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 5 GB
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 943 vs 614
Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 40070 vs 33562

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 5 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	943 vs 614
Geekbench - OpenCL	40070 vs 33562

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9039

7753

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

614

943

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

33562

40070

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10818

10113

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3417

2900

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10818

10113

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3417

2900

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3353

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon Pro 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039	7753
PassMark - G2D Mark	614	943
Geekbench - OpenCL	33562	40070
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10818	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3417	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10818	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3417	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3908
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		117.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		511.984

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon Pro 580
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 4.0
Code name	GP106	Polaris 20
Launch date	26 December 2017	5 June 2017
Place in performance rating	309	311
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	6,175 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1280	2304
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	193.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	5,700 million
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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.2 GB / s	256.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	6780 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5