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Graphics card comparison

GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 480

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 1060

6144 Mb GDDR5 Released 10 Jul 2016 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 1060
AMD

Radeon RX 480

8192 Mb GDDR5 Released 29 Jun 2016 DESKTOP
Radeon RX 480

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060100%
  • Radeon RX 480106%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060101%
  • Radeon RX 480100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060

  • 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 RX 480

  • 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
No winner
Our verdict

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (104 combinations of games and resolutions).

Specifications

Core configuration

GeForce GTX 1060Radeon RX 480
GPU NameGP106 (GP106-400-A1)Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT)
Fab Process16 nm14 nm
Die Size200 mm²232 mm²
Transistors4,400 million5,700 million
Shaders12802304
Compute Units1036
Core clock1506 MHz1120 MHz
ROPs4832
TMUs80144

Memory configuration

GeForce GTX 1060Radeon RX 480
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Bus Width192 bit256 bit
Memory Speed2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective		2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mb8192 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1060Radeon RX 480
TDP120 watts150 watts
Release Date10 Jul 201629 Jun 2016

Raw performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 106072.30 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 48040.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060120.50 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 480182.30 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1060192.20 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 480256.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 10603855.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 4805834.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 106017380
  • Radeon RX 48018430

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 1060138
  • Radeon RX 480137

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 106070
  • Radeon RX 48060

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106079
  • Radeon RX 48090

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 106073
  • Radeon RX 48060

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106043
  • Radeon RX 48040

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106073
  • Radeon RX 48078

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106075
  • Radeon RX 48081

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106075
  • Radeon RX 48071

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

High Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106063
  • Radeon RX 48070

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106050
  • Radeon RX 48050

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra,TSSAA8tx,Vsync off,VULKAN,Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060122
  • Radeon RX 480136

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce GTX 106042
  • Radeon RX 48049

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • GeForce GTX 106069
  • Radeon RX 48069

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 106071
  • Radeon RX 48066

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106083
  • Radeon RX 48079

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106058
  • Radeon RX 48066

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106059
  • Radeon RX 48055

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 106090
  • Radeon RX 48084

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

Max Detail,SMAA/SSAO,16:1 HQ-AF,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106061
  • Radeon RX 48083

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106026
  • Radeon RX 48036

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106025
  • Radeon RX 48024

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106059
  • Radeon RX 48053

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106032
  • Radeon RX 48034

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 3

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106074
  • Radeon RX 48076

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106084
  • Radeon RX 48091

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 106078
  • Radeon RX 48070

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 106052
  • Radeon RX 48054

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

DX12 , Ultra Quality,16x AF,Ambient Occlusion,Tessellation

  • GeForce GTX 106070
  • Radeon RX 48075

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 106059
  • Radeon RX 48053

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 106079
  • Radeon RX 48077

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 106062
  • Radeon RX 48059

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 106070
  • Radeon RX 48074

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106051
  • Radeon RX 48045

FPS (higher is better)

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 106094
  • Radeon RX 48083

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 106049
  • Radeon RX 48039

FPS (higher is better)

Ashes Of The Singularity

DX12, High Quality, 8m samples, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 106049
  • Radeon RX 48050

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106060
  • Radeon RX 48064

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 106049
  • Radeon RX 48045

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106042
  • Radeon RX 48048

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106034
  • Radeon RX 48028

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106055
  • Radeon RX 48054

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106057
  • Radeon RX 48059

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106059
  • Radeon RX 48049

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

High Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106040
  • Radeon RX 48044

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106037
  • Radeon RX 48035

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra,TSSAA8tx,Vsync off,VULKAN,Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106076
  • Radeon RX 48086

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce GTX 106031
  • Radeon RX 48033

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • GeForce GTX 106049
  • Radeon RX 48049

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 106048
  • Radeon RX 48046

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106054
  • Radeon RX 48051

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106045
  • Radeon RX 48046

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106042
  • Radeon RX 48045

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 106063
  • Radeon RX 48059

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

Max Detail,SMAA/SSAO,16:1 HQ-AF,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106058
  • Radeon RX 48060

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106026
  • Radeon RX 48028

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106019
  • Radeon RX 48017

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • GeForce GTX 106074
  • Radeon RX 48074

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106039
  • Radeon RX 48038

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106028
  • Radeon RX 48027

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 3

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106049
  • Radeon RX 48048

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106053
  • Radeon RX 48059

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 106052
  • Radeon RX 48048

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 106034
  • Radeon RX 48035

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

DX12 , Ultra Quality,16x AF,Ambient Occlusion,Tessellation

  • GeForce GTX 106052
  • Radeon RX 48054

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 106046
  • Radeon RX 48041

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 106056
  • Radeon RX 48056

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 106042
  • Radeon RX 48042

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 106049
  • Radeon RX 48051

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106034
  • Radeon RX 48031

FPS (higher is better)

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 106038
  • Radeon RX 48035

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 106027
  • Radeon RX 48023

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106031
  • Radeon RX 48035

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 106024
  • Radeon RX 48021

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106024
  • Radeon RX 48027

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106016
  • Radeon RX 48015

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106031
  • Radeon RX 48030

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106034
  • Radeon RX 48034

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106027
  • Radeon RX 48023

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

High Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106020
  • Radeon RX 48021

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106029
  • Radeon RX 48029

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra,TSSAA8tx,Vsync off,VULKAN,Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106039
  • Radeon RX 48042

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce GTX 106019
  • Radeon RX 48015

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • GeForce GTX 106026
  • Radeon RX 48025

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 106025
  • Radeon RX 48025

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106026
  • Radeon RX 48023

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106022
  • Radeon RX 48024

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106024
  • Radeon RX 48026

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 106032
  • Radeon RX 48030

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

Max Detail,SMAA/SSAO,16:1 HQ-AF,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106035
  • Radeon RX 48034

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106016
  • Radeon RX 48017

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106010
  • Radeon RX 4809

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • GeForce GTX 106040
  • Radeon RX 48039

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106022
  • Radeon RX 48021

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106016
  • Radeon RX 48017

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 3

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 106025
  • Radeon RX 48023

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106026
  • Radeon RX 48027

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 106026
  • Radeon RX 48024

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 106017
  • Radeon RX 48017

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

DX12 , Ultra Quality,16x AF,Ambient Occlusion,Tessellation

  • GeForce GTX 106029
  • Radeon RX 48034

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 106027
  • Radeon RX 48025

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 106029
  • Radeon RX 48029

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 106024
  • Radeon RX 48024

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 106027
  • Radeon RX 48027

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 106018
  • Radeon RX 48016

FPS (higher is better)

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