General info
The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.
Technical specs
Choose the best graphics card between AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB.
Memory
Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB can be seen in this section.
Video outputs and ports
The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB, the size and number of monitors.
Technologies
The difference between AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB is the additional functionality.
API support
The difference in supported APIs is AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.
Gaming performance
Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB good for gaming.
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| Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) | AMD Cayman | ||||||
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| Death Stranding (2020) | AMD Cayman | ||||||
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB | |||||||
| F1 2020 (2020) | AMD Cayman | ||||||
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB | |||||||
| Gears Tactics (2020) | AMD Cayman | ||||||
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB | |||||||
| Doom Eternal (2020) | AMD Cayman | ||||||
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB | |||||||
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| 5 | Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags. |
| May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags. | |
| 30 | Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps) |
| 40 | Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps) |
| 60 | Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps) |
| May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game. | |
| ? | Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation. |
| Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible. | |
| The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results. | |
Advantages of AMD Cayman
Cheaper ($17.44 vs $1010)
More pipelines (1536 vs 1280)
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
42.78% faster in synthetic tests
Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 40 nm)
G-SYNC support
VR Ready
Multi Monitor
So, AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB?
Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB .
AMD Cayman versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB performance benchmarks comparison
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