GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs Radeon RX 540 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated289
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.84
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGP106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 April 2017 (8 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 cores5121280
Core clock speed1219 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1709 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate39.01136.7
Floating-point processing powerno data4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs1640
TMUs3280
L1 Cacheno data480 KB
L2 Cacheno data1280 KB

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
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 amount4 GB5 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12.012 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 April 2017 26 December 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 5 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 120 Watt

RX 540 OEM has 84.6% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 5 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 540 OEM and GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

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