NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
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
4.8x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 580 Watt
Around 48% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Launch date	26 December 2017 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 580 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

15.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
4.4x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 1280
2.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 5 GB

Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 5 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	9092
PassMark - G2D Mark	619
Geekbench - OpenCL	35054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3917
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP106	Hawaii
Launch date	26 December 2017	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	303	304
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	580 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
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.2 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5