Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs Radeon R9 390
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Aug 2016
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 390
8192 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Jun 2015
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB100%
- Radeon R9 390108%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB100%
- Radeon R9 390109%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
- 155 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 390 .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 390
- 9% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 390
The Radeon R9 390 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 390 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) | Grenada (Grenada PRO) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1152 | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 9 | 40 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| TMUs | 72 | 160 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | Radeon R9 390 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | Radeon R9 390 |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Aug 2016 | 18 Jun 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB72.30 GP/s
- Radeon R9 39064.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB108.40 GT/s
- Radeon R9 390160.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB192.20 GB/s
- Radeon R9 390384.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB3470.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 3905120.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB16380
- Radeon R9 39017820
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Total War: Warhammer
DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB68
- Radeon R9 39073
FPS (higher is better)
Total War: Warhammer
DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB47
- Radeon R9 39052
FPS (higher is better)
Total War: Warhammer
DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB26
- Radeon R9 39029
FPS (higher is better)