Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 580X vs GeForce GTX 1060
AMD
Radeon RX 580X
8192 Mb GDDR5
Released 11 Apr 2018
DESKTOP
VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1060
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 10 Jul 2016
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 580X
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
- 65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 580X .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 580X | GeForce GTX 1060 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Polaris 20 (Polaris 20 XTX
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<span title="Chip code">(215-0910038)</span>) | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 244 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | 4,400 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 36 | 10 |
| Core clock | 1257 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| TMUs | 144 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 580X | GeForce GTX 1060 |
|---|
| 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 | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 580X | GeForce GTX 1060 |
|---|
| TDP | 185 watts | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Apr 2018 | 10 Jul 2016 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 580X42.88 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 106072.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 580X193.00 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 1060120.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 580X256.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 1060192.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 580X6175.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 10603855.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better