NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs AMD Fiji

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Combined performance score

Fiji
28.24
+6.8%

Fiji outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB by 7% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking182185
Place by popularitynot in top-10011
Value for moneyno data3.25
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameFijiGP106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data19 July 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299
Current price$22 $911 (3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40961280
Core clock speedno data1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1708 MHz
Number of transistors8,900 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data120 Watt
Texture fill rateno data136.7
Floating-point performanceno data4,375 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data8000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.2 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC supportno data+

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.2.1701.2.131
CUDAno data6.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD95−100
+3.3%
92
−3.3%
1440p50−55
+2%
49
−2%
4K30−35
−6.7%
32
+6.7%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 28.24 26.45
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm

We couldn't decide between Fiji and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB. The differences in performance seem too small.


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