Radeon RX 570 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	186	not rated
Place by popularity	11	not in top-100
Value for money	3.22	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	GP106	Polaris 10 Pro
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	19 July 2016 (7 years ago)	5 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$599.99
Current price	$911 (3x MSRP)	$246 (0.4x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1280	2048
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	926 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	1206 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.7	154.4
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	4,940 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon RX 570 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	250 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	211.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Technologies

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

FreeSync	no data	+
VR Ready	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	6.1	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	19 July 2016	5 January 2017
Cost	$299	$599.99
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	14 nm

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