Radeon R5 M430 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB with Radeon R5 M430, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1060 6 GB
2016
6 GB GDDR5, 120 Watt
26.55
+1480%

GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms R5 M430 by a whopping 1480% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking187896
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.130.04
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGP106Mars
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 July 2016 (7 years ago)1 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data
Current price$911 (3x MSRP)$749

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1060 6 GB has 7725% better value for money than R5 M430.

Detailed specifications

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 cores1280320
Core clock speed1506 MHz955 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1030 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate136.717.10
Floating-point performance4,375 gflops659.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon R5 M430 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz1746 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s16 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.1no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1060 6 GB 26.55
+1480%
R5 M430 1.68

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Radeon R5 M430 by 1480% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1060 6 GB 10252
+1482%
R5 M430 648

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Radeon R5 M430 by 1482% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1060 6 GB 17401
+930%
R5 M430 1689

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Radeon R5 M430 by 930% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1060 6 GB 55893
+1090%
R5 M430 4697

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Radeon R5 M430 by 1090% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1060 6 GB 12984
+1193%
R5 M430 1004

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Radeon R5 M430 by 1193% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1060 6 GB 77035
+1302%
R5 M430 5493

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Radeon R5 M430 by 1302% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 HD94
+422%
18
−422%
1440p47
+2250%
2−3
−2250%
4K34
+1600%
2−3
−1600%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+1400%
3−4
−1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 700−750
+1422%
45−50
−1422%
Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+1400%
5−6
−1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1400%
5−6
−1400%
Hitman 3 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 230−240
+1433%
14−16
−1433%
Metro Exodus 1450−1500
+1476%
92
−1476%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+1400%
3−4
−1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+1456%
9−10
−1456%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200−210
+1438%
12−14
−1438%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+1400%
3−4
−1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 700−750
+1422%
45−50
−1422%
Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+1400%
5−6
−1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1400%
5−6
−1400%
Hitman 3 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 230−240
+1433%
14−16
−1433%
Metro Exodus 1200−1250
+1479%
76
−1479%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+1400%
3−4
−1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+1456%
9−10
−1456%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+1400%
5−6
−1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200−210
+1438%
12−14
−1438%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+1400%
3−4
−1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 700−750
+1422%
45−50
−1422%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+1400%
5−6
−1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1400%
5−6
−1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 230−240
+1433%
14−16
−1433%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+1456%
9−10
−1456%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+1400%
5−6
−1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200−210
+1438%
12−14
−1438%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+1400%
3−4
−1400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 400−450
+1381%
27−30
−1381%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Hitman 3 110−120
+1471%
7−8
−1471%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+1400%
5−6
−1400%
Metro Exodus 750−800
+1400%
50
−1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 900−950
+1425%
55−60
−1425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 300−310
+1400%
20−22
−1400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 350−400
+1358%
24
−1358%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Hitman 3 300−310
+1329%
21−24
−1329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 260−270
+1429%
17
−1429%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 450−500
+1452%
29
−1452%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 110−120
+1471%
7−8
−1471%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Forza Horizon 4 600−650
+1479%
38
−1479%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 180−190
+1400%
12−14
−1400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+1400%
3−4
−1400%

This is how GTX 1060 6 GB and R5 M430 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1060 6 GB is 422% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1060 6 GB is 2250% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1060 6 GB is 1600% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 26.55 1.68
Recency 19 July 2016 1 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm

The GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M430 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is a desktop card while Radeon R5 M430 is a notebook one.


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