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    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs Radeon R7 260X

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 18 Aug 2016
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Radeon R7 260X
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 8 Oct 2013
    Radeon R7 260X

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      261%
    • Radeon R7 260X
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 161% 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R7 260X

    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    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    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).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R7 260X
    GPU NameGP106 (GP106-300-A1)vsBonaire (Bonaire XTX)
    Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size200 mm²vs160 mm²
    Transistors4,400 millionvs2,080 million
    Shaders1152vs896
    Compute Units9vs14
    Core clock1506 MHzvs1100 MHz
    ROPs48vs16
    TMUs72vs56

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R7 260X
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective    		vs1625 MHz
    6500 MHz effective
    Memory Size3072 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R7 260X
    TDP120 wattsvs115 watts
    Release Date18 Aug 2016vs8 Oct 2013

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      72.30 GP/s
    • Radeon R7 260X
      17.60 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      108.40 GT/s
    • Radeon R7 260X
      61.60 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      192.20 GB/s
    • Radeon R7 260X
      104.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      3470.00 GFLOPs
    • Radeon R7 260X
      1971.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      16380
    • Radeon R7 260X
      6260

    Points (higher is better)

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