Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs Radeon R9 295X2
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Aug 2016
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 295X2
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Apr 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB100%
- Radeon R9 295X2161%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB100%
- Radeon R9 295X2133%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
- 380 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 295X2
- 33% higher gaming performance.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R9 295X2
The Radeon R9 295X2 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | Radeon R9 295X2 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) | Vesuvius (Vesuvius XT) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1152 | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 9 | 44 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | 1018 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| TMUs | 72 | 176 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | Radeon R9 295X2 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | Radeon R9 295X2 |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Aug 2016 | 29 Apr 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB72.30 GP/s
- Radeon R9 295X2130.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB108.40 GT/s
- Radeon R9 295X2358.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB192.20 GB/s
- Radeon R9 295X2640.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB3470.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 295X211466.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB16380
- Radeon R9 295X226440
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB82
- Radeon R9 295X271
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB49
- Radeon R9 295X266
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB24
- Radeon R9 295X243
FPS (higher is better)