NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 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	5 January 2018 vs 3 September 2015
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 390 X2

15.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 1280
2.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
2.7x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 6 GB

Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 6 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP106	Grenada
Launch date	5 January 2018	3 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$1,399
Place in performance rating	72	247
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	2x 2560
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	2x 160.0 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	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5