Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Radeon RX 580
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 580
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Aug 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 580

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).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 580GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU NameEllesmere (Ellesmere XT)vsGP106 (GP106-300-A1)
Fab Process14 nmvs16 nm
Die Size232 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs4,400 million
Shaders2304vs1152
Compute Units36vs9
Core clock1120 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs32vs48
TMUs144vs72

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 580GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs3072 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 580GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
TDP150 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date1 Apr 2017vs18 Aug 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580
    40.50 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    72.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580
    182.30 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    108.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 580
    256.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    192.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 580
    5834.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    3470.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Ashes Of The Singularity

DX12, High Quality, 8m samples, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 580
    58
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

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)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 580
    52
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 580
    54
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

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)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 580
    75
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 580
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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)

Doom (2016)

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)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 580
    28
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 580
    28
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    17

FPS (higher is better)