GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX 1060
158%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 1060
163%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
63% higher gaming performance. |
130 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X . |
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 280X |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (22 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 4,313 million |
Shaders | 1280 | vs | 2048 |
Compute Units | 10 | vs | 32 |
Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 80 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 384 bit |
Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
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TDP | 120 watts | vs | 250 watts |
Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
17380
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1060
70
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
73
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1060
71
Radeon R9 280X
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1060
83
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
90
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
DX12 , Ultra Quality,16x AF,Ambient Occlusion,Tessellation
GeForce GTX 1060
70
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
59
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
79
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1060
49
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
49
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1060
48
Radeon R9 280X
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1060
54
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
63
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX12 , Ultra Quality,16x AF,Ambient Occlusion,Tessellation
GeForce GTX 1060
52
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
46
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
56
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1060
27
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1060
25
Radeon R9 280X
13
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1060
26
Radeon R9 280X
14
FPS (higher is better)
DX12 , Ultra Quality,16x AF,Ambient Occlusion,Tessellation
GeForce GTX 1060
29
Radeon R9 280X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
27
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
29
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)