NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 380X
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon R9 380X 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 8 month(s) later
- Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 970 MHz
- Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
- Around 10% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 190 Watt
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
- 8.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 970 MHz
- Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10079 vs 6171
- Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 vs 677
- Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 9685
- Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 9685
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 19 July 2016 vs 19 November 2015 |
| Boost clock speed | 1709 MHz vs 970 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 136.7 GTexel / s vs 124.2 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 4,375 gflops vs 3,973 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 190 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz vs 970 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 10079 vs 6171 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 747 vs 677 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12442 vs 9685 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12442 vs 9685 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3691
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3340
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3691
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3340
- 3.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3053 vs 907
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1280 |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 vs 3691 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 vs 3340 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 vs 3691 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 vs 3340 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3053 vs 907 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380X
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | AMD Radeon R9 380X |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 10079 | 6171 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 747 | 677 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 35369 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 119.148 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1373.562 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.694 | |
| 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 | 9685 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 | 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3340 | 3361 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12442 | 9685 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 | 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3340 | 3361 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 907 | 3053 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | AMD Radeon R9 380X | |
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| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 3.0 |
| Code name | GP106 | Antigua |
| Launch date | 19 July 2016 | 19 November 2015 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $229 |
| Place in performance rating | 356 | 309 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 300 Series | |
| Price now | $528.44 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 15.61 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1709 MHz | 970 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 4,375 gflops | 3,973 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 136.7 GTexel / s | 124.2 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 190 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,400 million | 5,000 million |
| Compute units | 32 | |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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| HDMI | ||
| Number of Eyefinity displays | 6 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 250 mm | 221 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2 x 6-pin |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Form factor | Full Height / Full Length | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
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| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB / s | 182.4 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 64 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz | 970 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
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Technologies |
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| FreeSync | ||
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| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
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