Radeon RX 590 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Radeon RX 590
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon RX 590
GeForce GTX 1060
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 Jul 2016
GeForce GTX 1060

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 590
    122%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 590

22% 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 590

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 590

The Radeon RX 590 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (42 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 590GeForce GTX 1060
GPU NamePolaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX)vsGP106 (GP106-400-A1)
Fab Process12 nmvs16 nm
Die Size244 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs4,400 million
Shaders2304vs1280
Compute Units36vs10
Core clock1257 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs32vs48
TMUs144vs80

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 590GeForce GTX 1060
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 590GeForce GTX 1060
TDP0 wattsvs120 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs10 Jul 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 590
    49.44 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    72.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 590
    222.50 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    120.50 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 590
    256.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    192.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 590
    7119.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    3855.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    46
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    93
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    73

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    96
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    84
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 590
    58
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • Radeon RX 590
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    69

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    77
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    42
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    28
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    39
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 3

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    90
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    74

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 590
    63
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    59
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    34
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    66
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    72
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    57

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    60
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 590
    41
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • Radeon RX 590
    58
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    56
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    33
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    21
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    52
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    32
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 3

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    53
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 590
    43
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    33
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    24

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    19
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    16

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    39
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    44
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    30
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 590
    19
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • Radeon RX 590
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    30
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    21
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    16

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    11
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    10

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    29
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    21
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    16

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 3

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    30
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 590
    21
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    17

FPS (higher is better)