Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Summary
Radeon RX 580
120%
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580 |
20% 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 580
The Radeon RX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (11 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
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GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | vs | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) |
Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 16 nm |
Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 200 mm² |
Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 4,400 million |
Shaders | 2304 | vs | 1152 |
Compute Units | 36 | vs | 9 |
Core clock | 1120 MHz | vs | 1506 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 48 |
TMUs | 144 | vs | 72 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit |
Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 580 | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
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TDP | 150 watts | vs | 120 watts |
Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | vs | 18 Aug 2016 |
Radeon RX 580
40.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
72.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 580
182.30 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
108.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 580
256.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
192.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 580
5834.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3470.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX12, High Quality, 8m samples, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 580
58
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
50
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
86
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 580
52
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX 580
54
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
46
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
138
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
119
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 580
75
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX 580
80
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
70
FPS (higher is better)
Highest Detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
59
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
43
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 580
28
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX 580
28
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
17
FPS (higher is better)