GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
GeForce GTX 1060
107%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 1060
106%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
6% higher gaming performance. |
170 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X . |
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 290X |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060
The GeForce GTX 1060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (30 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
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GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 6,200 million |
Shaders | 1280 | vs | 2816 |
Compute Units | 10 | vs | 44 |
Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
TMUs | 80 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 512 bit |
Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
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TDP | 120 watts | vs | 290 watts |
Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
17380
Radeon R9 290X
16210
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1060
70
Radeon R9 290X
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
73
Radeon R9 290X
66
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 1060
108
Radeon R9 290X
100
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1060
71
Radeon R9 290X
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
90
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 1060
65
Radeon R9 290X
75
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1060
78
Radeon R9 290X
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
59
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
79
Radeon R9 290X
64
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1060
62
Radeon R9 290X
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1060
49
Radeon R9 290X
41
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
49
Radeon R9 290X
48
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 1060
69
Radeon R9 290X
63
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1060
48
Radeon R9 290X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
63
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 1060
48
Radeon R9 290X
59
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1060
52
Radeon R9 290X
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
46
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
56
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1060
42
Radeon R9 290X
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1060
27
Radeon R9 290X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
24
Radeon R9 290X
26
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 1060
34
Radeon R9 290X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1060
25
Radeon R9 290X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
32
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 1060
28
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1060
26
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
27
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
29
Radeon R9 290X
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1060
24
Radeon R9 290X
25
FPS (higher is better)