NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R9 370 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 75% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 975 MHz
  • Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 78 GTexel / s
  • Around 75% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 2,496 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.5x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5600 MHz
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9039 vs 4722
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10818 vs 6096
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10818 vs 6096
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 December 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 925 MHz
Boost clock speed 1709 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s vs 78 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops vs 2,496 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 5 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 5600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9039 vs 4722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10818 vs 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10818 vs 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 614
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75346 vs 33562
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3417
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3417
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 781 vs 614
Geekbench - OpenCL 75346 vs 33562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3417
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3417

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 370

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9039
4722
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
614
781
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
33562
75346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10818
6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3417
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10818
6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3417
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3357
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB AMD Radeon R9 370
PassMark - G3D Mark 9039 4722
PassMark - G2D Mark 614 781
Geekbench - OpenCL 33562 75346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10818 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3417 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10818 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3417 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3908 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 64.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 336.491

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB AMD Radeon R9 370

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106 Trinidad
Launch date 26 December 2017 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 308 404
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1709 MHz 975 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 925 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 2,496 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1280
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s 78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 110 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,800 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 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.2 GB / s 179.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 160 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 5600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5