GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R5 240 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R5 240 OEM |
| 70 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1060 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R5 240 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | vs | Oland () |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 90 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 1,040 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 320 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 730 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 20 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R5 240 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R5 240 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 50 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | vs | 1 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
Radeon R5 240 OEM
5.84 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
Radeon R5 240 OEM
14.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
Radeon R5 240 OEM
28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R5 240 OEM
467.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better