Radeon R7 350X OEM vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking218not rated
Place by popularity19not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.59no data
Power efficiency14.25no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGP106Oland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1152384
Core clock speed1506 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1050 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate123.025.20
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS0.8064 TFLOPS
ROPs488
TMUs7224

Form factor & 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s32 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2016 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 65 Watt

GTX 1060 3 GB has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

R7 350X OEM, on the other hand, has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 84.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and Radeon R7 350X OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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