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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10079
6171
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
747
677
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12442
9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3691
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12442
9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3691
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
907
3053
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB AMD Radeon R9 380X
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 250 mm 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin ​2 x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

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
High bandwidth memory (HBM)

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore