GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs Radeon HD 7970 X2
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
| 380 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 X2 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 X2 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) | vs | New Zealand () |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 365 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1152 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 9 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 72 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 384 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Aug 2016 | vs | 31 Aug 2012 |
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
72.30 GP/s
Radeon HD 7970 X2
59.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
108.40 GT/s
Radeon HD 7970 X2
236.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
192.20 GB/s
Radeon HD 7970 X2
528.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3470.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7970 X2
7578.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better