NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 380X

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking307217
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money7.0816.70
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameAntiguaGP106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date19 November 2015 (8 years old)26 December 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data
Current price$11.81 (0.1x MSRP)$203
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1060 5 GB has 136% better value for money than R9 380X.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores20481280
Compute units32no data
Core clock speedno data1506 MHz
Boost clock speed970 MHz1709 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate124.2136.7
Floating-point performance3,973 gflops4,375 gflops

Size and 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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length221 mm250 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors​2 x 6-pin1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire1no data

Memory

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
High bandwidth memory (HBM)-no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GB5 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed970 MHz8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth182.4 GB/s160.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity1no data
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FRTC1no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D+no data
LiquidVR1no data
PowerTune+no data
TrueAudio+no data
ZeroCore+no data
VCE+no data
DDMA audio+no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
Mantle+no data
CUDAno data6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 380X
16.07

GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB outperforms Radeon R9 380X by 46% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 380X 6229
GTX 1060 5 GB 9068
+45.6%

GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB outperforms Radeon R9 380X by 46% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 16.07 23.39
Recency 19 November 2015 26 December 2017
Memory bus width 256 160
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 5 GB
Pipelines / CUDA cores 2048 1280
Memory bandwidth 182.4 160.2
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 120 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 380X in performance tests.


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