NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R9 290 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, 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 R9 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 947 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 4 GB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9039 vs 8313
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10818 vs 6300
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10818 vs 6300
Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3907 vs 3684

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 December 2017 vs 5 November 2013
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 947 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039 vs 8313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10818 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10818 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3907 vs 3684

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1280
Around 11% better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 614
3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 33562
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3417
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3417

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	775 vs 614
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277 vs 33562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711 vs 3417
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711 vs 3417

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9039

8313

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

614

775

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

33562

102277

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10818

6300

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3417

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10818

6300

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3417

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3354

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3907

3684

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon R9 290
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039	8313
PassMark - G2D Mark	614	775
Geekbench - OpenCL	33562	102277
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10818	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3417	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10818	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3417	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3907	3684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		540.645

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon R9 290
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP106	Hawaii
Launch date	26 December 2017	5 November 2013
Place in performance rating	309	348
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	2560
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	151.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.2 GB / s	320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)