GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs Radeon R9 270X

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Aug 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Radeon R9 270X
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 270X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    188%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    267%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

167% higher gaming performance.
60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270X .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R9 270X

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R9 270X
GPU NameGP106 (GP106-300-A1)vsCuracao (Curacao XT)
Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
Die Size200 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors4,400 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders1152vs1280
Compute Units9vs20
Core clock1506 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs72vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R9 270X
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size3072 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon R9 270X
TDP120 wattsvs180 watts
Release Date18 Aug 2016vs8 Oct 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    72.30 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 270X
    32.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    108.40 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 270X
    80.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    192.20 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 270X
    179.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    3470.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 270X
    2560.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    16380
  • Radeon R9 270X
    8700

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    82
  • Radeon R9 270X
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    49
  • Radeon R9 270X
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    24
  • Radeon R9 270X
    6

FPS (higher is better)