Radeon RX 580 XTR vs GeForce GTX 1060

Radeon RX 580 XTR
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 580 XTR
GeForce GTX 1060
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 Jul 2016
GeForce GTX 1060

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580 XTR

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 580 XTR .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 580 XTRGeForce GTX 1060
GPU NamePolaris 20 (Polaris 20 XTR)vsGP106 (GP106-400-A1)
Fab Process14 nmvs16 nm
Die Size232 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs4,400 million
Shaders2304vs1280
Compute Units36vs10
Core clock1257 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs32vs48
TMUs144vs80

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 580 XTRGeForce GTX 1060
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 580 XTRGeForce GTX 1060
TDP185 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date18 Apr 2017vs10 Jul 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580 XTR
    42.88 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    72.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580 XTR
    193.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    120.50 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

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

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 580 XTR
    6175.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    3855.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better