Radeon Pro 5300M 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 rated345
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data12.43
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGP104Navi 14
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release dateno data13 November 2019 (5 years ago)

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 cores12801280
Core clock speed1506 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1250 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7100.0
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS3.2 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs8080

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.3 GB/s192.0 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 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 Model6.76.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.31.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 85 Watt

GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Pro 5300M, on the other hand, has a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 41.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and Radeon Pro 5300M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 5300M is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
AMD Radeon Pro 5300M
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