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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AMD Radeon E8870

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: 10079 vs 3368
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 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	10079 vs 3368
PassMark - G2D Mark	747 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

10079

3368

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

747

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	10079	3368
PassMark - G2D Mark	747	708
Geekbench - OpenCL	35369
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	907

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	356	353
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