GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking660not rated
Place by popularity38not in top-100
Power efficiency20.61no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeGP104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)no data

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 speed300 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1709 MHz
Number of transistors9,800 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate57.60136.7
Floating-point processing power1.843 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs3280

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5X
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1001 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data256.3 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 120 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X

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