NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs AMD Radeon R7 260X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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 - 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 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 71% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1000 MHz
• 2.2x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
• Around 43% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 896
• 2.2x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 1,971 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
• 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10079 vs 3192
• Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 vs 523
• 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 119.148 vs 43.745
• Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1373.562 vs 804.436
• 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.694 vs 3.673
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 454.799 vs 221.539
• 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 3845
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 3485
• 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 3845
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 3485

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

• Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 120 Watt
• 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.088 vs 21.766
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3340
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3340
• Around 63% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1481 vs 907

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	10079 3192
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	747 523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	119.148 43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1373.562 804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.694 3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.766 64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	454.799 221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12442 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12442 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	907 1481

Compare specifications (specs)