NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 78% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 76.8 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
Around 78% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 2,458 gflops
2.5x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 2 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz

Launch date	26 December 2017 vs 17 January 2017
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 76.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 2,458 gflops
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 85% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65257 vs 35303

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	65257 vs 35303

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35303

65257

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark	9094
PassMark - G2D Mark	616
Geekbench - OpenCL	35303	65257
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	3911

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 4.0
Code name	GP106	Baffin
Launch date	26 December 2017	17 January 2017
Place in performance rating	312	313
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1090 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	2,458 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1280	1024
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	76.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	250 mm	170 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	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.2 GB / s	112.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5