GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 270X
Summary
GeForce GTX 1060
199%
Radeon R9 270X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 1060
240%
Radeon R9 270X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
| 140% higher gaming performance. |
| 60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 270X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060
The GeForce GTX 1060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (11 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | vs | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
17380
Radeon R9 270X
8700
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
73
Radeon R9 270X
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
90
Radeon R9 270X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
59
Radeon R9 270X
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
79
Radeon R9 270X
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
49
Radeon R9 270X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
63
Radeon R9 270X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
46
Radeon R9 270X
21
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
56
Radeon R9 270X
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
32
Radeon R9 270X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
27
Radeon R9 270X
11
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
29
Radeon R9 270X
6
FPS (higher is better)