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 |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | AMD Radeon E8870 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
Length | 250 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_0) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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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 |