Radeon RX 5300 OEM vs GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | GP106 | Navi 14 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 June 2017 (8 years ago) | 28 May 2020 (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 cores | 1280 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 1265 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1480 MHz | 1645 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,400 million | 6,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 135 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 | 78.96 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.527 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | 48 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 84 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 June 2017 | 28 May 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 135 Watt |
GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB has 69% lower power consumption.
RX 5300 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 129% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and Radeon RX 5300 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 5300 OEM is a desktop one.
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