Radeon RX Vega 56 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Summary
Radeon RX Vega 56
169%
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 56 |
| 69% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 3 GB |
| 90 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX Vega 56 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Vega 56
The Radeon RX Vega 56 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (10 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XL) | vs | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 484 mm² | vs | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 12,500 million | vs | 4,400 million |
| Shaders | 3584 | vs | 1152 |
| Compute Units | 56 | vs | 9 |
| Core clock | 1156 MHz | vs | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 224 | vs | 72 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
|---|
| Memory Type | HBM2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 2048 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
|---|
| TDP | 210 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Aug 2017 | vs | 18 Aug 2016 |
Radeon RX Vega 56
94.14 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
72.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
329.50 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
108.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
409.60 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
192.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
10544.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3470.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
181
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
119
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX Vega 56
100
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX Vega 56
112
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
70
FPS (higher is better)
Highest Detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
81
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
122
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX Vega 56
72
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX Vega 56
75
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
46
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
63
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX Vega 56
40
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
Radeon RX Vega 56
40
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
17
FPS (higher is better)