Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD
Radeon RX 580
8192 Mb GDDR5
Released 1 Apr 2017
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Aug 2016
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 580120%
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 580
- 20% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon RX 580
The Radeon RX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (11 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | 4,400 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | 1152 |
| Compute Units | 36 | 9 |
| Core clock | 1120 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| TMUs | 144 | 72 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 580 | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | 18 Aug 2016 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 58040.50 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB72.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 580182.30 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB108.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 580256.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB192.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 5805834.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB3470.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Ashes Of The Singularity
DX12, High Quality, 8m samples, 2xMSAA
- Radeon RX 58058
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB50
FPS (higher is better)
Doom (2016)
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 58086
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB76
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry Primal
DX11, Very High Settings
- Radeon RX 58052
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB45
FPS (higher is better)
Rise Of The Tomb Raider
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
- Radeon RX 58054
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB46
FPS (higher is better)
Doom (2016)
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 580138
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB119
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry Primal
DX11, Very High Settings
- Radeon RX 58075
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB66
FPS (higher is better)
Rise Of The Tomb Raider
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
- Radeon RX 58080
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB70
FPS (higher is better)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Highest Detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 58059
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB52
FPS (higher is better)
Doom (2016)
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 58043
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB37
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry Primal
DX11, Very High Settings
- Radeon RX 58028
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB22
FPS (higher is better)
Rise Of The Tomb Raider
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
- Radeon RX 58028
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB17
FPS (higher is better)