GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs Radeon R9 FURY

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Aug 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Radeon R9 FURY
Memory: 4096Mb HBMDESKTOP
Release date: 10 Jul 2015
Radeon R9 FURY

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    100%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    110%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    100%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    133%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

155 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 FURY .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 FURY

33% higher gaming performance.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R9 FURY

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 FURY

The Radeon R9 FURY is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (23 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R9 FURY
GPU NameGP106 (GP106-300-A1)vsFiji (Fiji PRO)
Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
Die Size200 mm²vs596 mm²
Transistors4,400 millionvs8,900 million
Shaders1152vs3584
Compute Units9vs56
Core clock1506 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs48vs64
TMUs72vs224

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R9 FURY
Memory TypeGDDR5vsHBM
Bus Width192 bitvs4096 bit
Memory Speed2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
vs500 MHz
1000 MHz effective
Memory Size3072 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R9 FURY
TDP120 wattsvs275 watts
Release Date18 Aug 2016vs10 Jul 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    72.30 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    64.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    108.40 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    224.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    192.20 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    512.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    3470.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    7168.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    16380
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    18070

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Ashes Of The Singularity

DX12, High Quality, 8m samples, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    50
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    76
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    115

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    45
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    37
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    65

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    46
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    49
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    67

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    41
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    47
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    64

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    119
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    168

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    66
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    52
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    85

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    70
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest Detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    52
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    82
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    84

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    58
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    69

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    68
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    83

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    37
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    22
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    22
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    17
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    24
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    23
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    26
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    35

FPS (higher is better)