NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps vs AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1219 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1219 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
3645.8x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 9028 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1219 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1219 MHz
Pipelines	1280 vs 512
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	9028 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

285.4x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark		361
PassMark - G3D Mark		1896
Geekbench - OpenCL		9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2296

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP106	Cape Verde
Launch date	20 April 2017	18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	not rated	626
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		3rd Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	1219 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1219 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	512
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	39.01 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	1,500 million
Compute units		8
Pixel fill rate		19.50 GP/s
Render output units		16
Stream Processors		512
Texture Units		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	216.6 GB / s	96 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	9028 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
Enduro
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)