GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs Radeon RX 580

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
Radeon RX 580
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 580

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 RX 580

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5XRadeon RX 580
GPU NameGP104 ()vsEllesmere (Ellesmere XT)
Fab Process16 nmvs14 nm
Die Size314 mm²vs232 mm²
Transistors7,200 millionvs5,700 million
Shaders1280vs2304
Compute Units10vs36
Core clock1506 MHzvs1120 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs80vs144

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5XRadeon RX 580
Memory TypeGDDR5XvsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1001 MHz
8008 MHz effective
vs2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5XRadeon RX 580
TDP120 wattsvs150 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs1 Apr 2017

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
    82.03 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 580
    40.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
    136.70 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 580
    182.30 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
    192.20 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 580
    256.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
    4375.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 580
    5834.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better