Radeon Graphics vs GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated899
Place by popularitynot in top-10010
Power efficiencyno data9.05
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP104Renoir
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno datano data

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 cores1280448
Core clock speed1506 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate136.742.00
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS1.344 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs8028

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 x16IGP
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
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 typeGDDR5XSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1001 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth256.3 GB/sno data

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 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 15 Watt

Graphics has a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and Radeon Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
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