GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
| 180 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 51% higher average synthetic performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 HD 7970 GHz Edition |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XT2) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1152 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 9 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 72 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 300 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Aug 2016 | vs | 22 Jun 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)