AMD Radeon RX 570
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon RX 570
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

198
Place in performance rating
136
54.96
Value for money (0-100)
58.53
Polaris
Architecture
Pascal
Polaris 20
Code name
GP106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
18 April 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
18 August 2016 (5 years ago)
$169
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$433 (2.6x MSRP)
Price now
$441 (2.2x MSRP)
20.78
Value for money
30.53
Polaris 20 Ellesmere
GPU code name
GP106
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
1152
1168 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1244 MHz
Boost Clock
1708 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
4,400 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
159.2
Texture fill rate
123.0
5,095 gflops
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
1244 MHz
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
4,400 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
241 mm
Length
250 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin

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 Radeon RX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
7000 MHz
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
224.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the additional functionality.

+
FreeSync
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
+
6.4
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 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 Radeon RX 570 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 570
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 570
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 570
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 570
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 570
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Legend
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 Radeon RX 570

Cheaper ($433 (2.6x MSRP) vs $441 (2.2x MSRP))

More pipelines (2048 vs 1152)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

12.14% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Radeon RX 570 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB .

AMD Radeon RX 570 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB performance benchmarks comparison

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