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).

 

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 627
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)