NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 480

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 480 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

• Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1120 MHz
• Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1266 MHz
• 754.3x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
• Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
• Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10086 vs 8596
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 119.148 vs 103.851
• Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1373.562 vs 769.541
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.694 vs 7.593
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 11172
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 11172
• Around 1% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4211 vs 4172

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

• Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
• Around 80% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1280
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 749
• Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39318 vs 35364
• 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 67.879 vs 21.766
• Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 597.772 vs 454.799
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3719 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): 3719 vs 3691
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 480

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	10086 8596
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	749 775
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	35364 39318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	119.148 103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1373.562 769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.694 7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.766 67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	454.799 597.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12442 11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12442 11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	4211 4172

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