NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7790
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7790

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon HD 7790. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

167
Place in performance rating
367
no data
Value for money (0-100)
19.80
Pascal
Architecture
GCN 2.0
GP106
Code name
Bonaire
Desktop
Type
Desktop
26 December 2017 (3 years ago)
Release date
22 March 2013 (8 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$203
Price now
$846 (5.7x MSRP)
60.74
Value for money
1.00
GP106
GPU code name
Bonaire
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon HD 7790 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
896
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
1709 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
4,400 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
85 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
56.00
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,792 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
1709 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
4,400 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
85 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon HD 7790.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
250 mm
Length
183 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon HD 7790 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
5 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
160 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
8008 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
160.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon HD 7790, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon HD 7790. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon HD 7790 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 5 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7790 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7790
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7790
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7790
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7790
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7790
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 5 GB

4.74% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($203 vs $846 (5.7x MSRP))

More pipelines (1280 vs 896)

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (5 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (160.2 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7790

Less power consumption (85 Watt vs 120 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7790?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB versus AMD Radeon HD 7790 performance benchmarks comparison

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