GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X vs Radeon Pro 580X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking285not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.94no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code namePolaris 20GP104
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date18 March 2019 (5 years ago)no 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 cores23041280
Core clock speed1100 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1709 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate172.8136.7
Floating-point processing power5.53 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs14480

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
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1695 MHz1001 MHz
Memory bandwidth217.0 GB/s256.3 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 120 Watt

Pro 580X has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro 580X and GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 580X is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon Pro 580X
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