GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB vs Radeon RX Vega 64

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 64 with GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 64
2017
8 GB HBM2, 295 Watt
37.17
+144%

RX Vega 64 outperforms GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB by a whopping 144% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

RX Vega 64 RX Vega 64
GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking116328
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation55.115.45
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameVegaN17P-G1 Max-Q
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date14 August 2017 (6 years ago)30 May 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data
Current price$125 (0.3x MSRP)$1010

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX Vega 64 has 911% better value for money than GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB.

Detailed specifications

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 cores40961280
Core clock speed1630 MHz1063 - 1265 MHz
Boost clock speed1546 MHz1341 - 1480 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)295 Watt60 - 70 Watt
Texture fill rate395.8118.4
Floating-point performance13,353 gflops3,789 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 64 and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6.144 MB
Memory bus width2048 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s192.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data
G-SYNC supportno data+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12.0
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.1.125+
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.

RX Vega 64 37.17
+144%
GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB 15.25

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB by 144% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX Vega 64 30824
+131%
GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB 13334

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB by 131% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX Vega 64 22501
+116%
GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB 10430

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB by 116% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX Vega 64 127374
+71.9%
GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB 74101

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB by 72% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RX Vega 64 392304
+6.6%
GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB 367999

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB by 7% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD116
+39.8%
83
−39.8%
1440p75
+150%
30−35
−150%
4K47
+56.7%
30
−56.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 81 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 83 no data
Battlefield 5 186 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 68 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 no data
Far Cry 5 112 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 108 no data
Forza Horizon 4 167 no data
Hitman 3 84 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 167 no data
Metro Exodus 144 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 116 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 202 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 100 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 68 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 69 no data
Battlefield 5 170 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 no data
Far Cry 5 86 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 93 no data
Forza Horizon 4 294 no data
Hitman 3 77 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 293 no data
Metro Exodus 116 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 103 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 164 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 132 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 247 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 51 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 54 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 no data
Far Cry 5 67 no data
Forza Horizon 4 128 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 100 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 143 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 77 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 54 no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 89 no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 93 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 47 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 69 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30 no data
Far Cry 5 81 no data
Forza Horizon 4 98 no data
Hitman 3 50 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 80 no data
Metro Exodus 79 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 38 no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 62 no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 59 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 36 no data
Hitman 3 38 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 32 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 48 no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 29 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 28 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 25 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 no data
Far Cry 5 27 no data
Forza Horizon 4 66 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 52 no data
Metro Exodus 45 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 21 no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 31 no data

This is how RX Vega 64 and GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 64 is 40% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 64 is 150% faster in 1440p
  • RX Vega 64 is 57% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 37.17 15.25
Recency 14 August 2017 30 May 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6.144 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 295 Watt 60 Watt

The Radeon RX Vega 64 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 64 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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