NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs AMD Radeon E8870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon E8870 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
  • 2.8x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
  • 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 33% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10077 vs 3368
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 749 vs 708
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 119.148 vs 36.948
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1373.562 vs 874.689
  • 7.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.694 vs 1.11
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 4620
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 4620
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 July 2016 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 10077 vs 3368
PassMark - G2D Mark 749 vs 708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 119.148 vs 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1373.562 vs 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.694 vs 1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12442 vs 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12442 vs 4620

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5030 vs 3691
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18191 vs 3340
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5030 vs 3691
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18191 vs 3340
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5030 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18191 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5030 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18191 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10077
3368
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
749
708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
119.148
36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1373.562
874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.694
1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12442
4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3691
5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12442
4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3691
5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
18191
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB AMD Radeon E8870
PassMark - G3D Mark 10077 3368
PassMark - G2D Mark 749 708
Geekbench - OpenCL 35364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 119.148 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1373.562 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.694 1.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12442 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12442 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 18191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4208

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB AMD Radeon E8870

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP106 Saturn
Launch date 19 July 2016 29 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Place in performance rating 345 346
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 768
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 250 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 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5