NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
VS
AMD Radeon 630
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
VS
AMD Radeon 630

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon 630. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

136
Place in performance rating
582
58.53
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GP106
Code name
Lexa
Desktop
Type
Laptop
18 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$441 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
$65
30.53
Value for money
0.50
GP106
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon 630 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1152
Pipelines
512
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1708 MHz
Boost Clock
1219 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
123.0
Texture fill rate
38.98
3,935 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1152
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon 630.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
250 mm
Length
no data
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon 630 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
8008 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon 630, the size and number of monitors.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon 630. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX 12, Shader 5.0
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon 630 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB or AMD Radeon 630 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon 630
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon 630
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon 630
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon 630
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon 630
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

38.57% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1152 vs 512)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 630

Cheaper ($65 vs $441 (2.2x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 120 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 3 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB or AMD Radeon 630?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB versus AMD Radeon 630 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon 630