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    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs Radeon R9 270 1024SP

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 18 Aug 2016
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 13 Mar 2015
    Radeon R9 270 1024SP
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    Summary

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R9 270 1024SP

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    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    Based on theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R9 270 1024SP
    GPU NameGP106 (GP106-300-A1)vsPitcairn (Pitcairn PRO)
    Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size200 mm²vs212 mm²
    Transistors4,400 millionvs2,800 million
    Shaders1152vs1024
    Compute Units9vs16
    Core clock1506 MHzvs900 MHz
    ROPs48vs32
    TMUs72vs64

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R9 270 1024SP
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective    		vs1200 MHz
    4800 MHz effective
    Memory Size3072 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R9 270 1024SP
    TDP120 wattsvs150 watts
    Release Date18 Aug 2016vs13 Mar 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      72.30 GP/s
    • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
      29.60 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      108.40 GT/s
    • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
      59.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      192.20 GB/s
    • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
      153.60 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      3470.00 GFLOPs
    • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
      1894.40 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

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