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    GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 255 OEM

    GeForce GTX 1060
    Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 10 Jul 2016
    GeForce GTX 1060
    Radeon R9 255 OEM
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 21 Dec 2013
    Radeon R9 255 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R9 255 OEM

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    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060

    Based on theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060Radeon R9 255 OEM
    GPU NameGP106 (GP106-400-A1)vsCape Verde (Cape Verde PRX)
    Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size200 mm²vs123 mm²
    Transistors4,400 millionvs1,500 million
    Shaders1280vs512
    Compute Units10vs8
    Core clock1506 MHzvs900 MHz
    ROPs48vs16
    TMUs80vs32

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060Radeon R9 255 OEM
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective    		vs1150 MHz
    4600 MHz effective
    Memory Size6144 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1060Radeon R9 255 OEM
    TDP120 wattsvs65 watts
    Release Date10 Jul 2016vs21 Dec 2013

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060
      72.30 GP/s
    • Radeon R9 255 OEM
      14.40 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060
      120.50 GT/s
    • Radeon R9 255 OEM
      28.80 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1060
      192.20 GB/s
    • Radeon R9 255 OEM
      73.60 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1060
      3855.00 GFLOPs
    • Radeon R9 255 OEM
      921.60 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

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