GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 vs Radeon R9 295X2

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	248	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.38	no data
Power efficiency	3.10	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Vesuvius	GP104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	29 April 2014 (10 years ago)	25 December 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2816	1152
Core clock speed	no data	1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1018 MHz	1708 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	500 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	179.2	123.0
Floating-point processing power	5.733 TFLOPS	3.935 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	48
TMUs	176	72

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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	307 mm	250 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 8-pin	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	8 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth	640 GB/s	192.2 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
TressFX	+	-
UVD	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	-	6.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 April 2014	25 December 2016
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	500 Watt	120 Watt

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