GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs Radeon HD 8870 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated277
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.79
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code namePitcairnGP106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 January 2013 (12 years ago)26 December 2017 (7 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 speed1000 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1709 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate80.00136.7
Floating-point processing power2.56 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs3240
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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm250 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB5 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s160.2 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2013 26 December 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 5 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 120 Watt

GTX 1060 5 GB has an age advantage of 4 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 45.8% lower power consumption.

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