GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 295X2
Summary
GeForce GTX 1060
100%
Radeon R9 295X2
152%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 1060
100%
Radeon R9 295X2
120%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
| 380 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 295X2 |
| 20% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 295X2
The Radeon R9 295X2 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | vs | Vesuvius (Vesuvius XT) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 1018 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | vs | 29 Apr 2014 |
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
Radeon R9 295X2
130.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
Radeon R9 295X2
358.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
Radeon R9 295X2
640.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 295X2
11466.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
17380
Radeon R9 295X2
26440
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
90
Radeon R9 295X2
124
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
59
Radeon R9 295X2
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
79
Radeon R9 295X2
71
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
63
Radeon R9 295X2
103
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
46
Radeon R9 295X2
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
56
Radeon R9 295X2
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
32
Radeon R9 295X2
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
27
Radeon R9 295X2
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
29
Radeon R9 295X2
43
FPS (higher is better)