NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R9 270. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

167
Place in performance rating
286
Pascal
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GP106
Code name
Curacao
Desktop
Type
Desktop
26 December 2017 (3 years ago)
Release date
13 November 2013 (8 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$179
$203
Price now
$269 (1.5x MSRP)
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Design
reference
60.74
Value for money
6.20
GP106
GPU code name
Curacao
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R9 270 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
1280
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
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1709 MHz
Boost Clock
925 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
74.00
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,368 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1709 MHz
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 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 R9 270.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
250 mm
Length
210 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 R9 270 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
5 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
160 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8008 MHz
Memory clock speed
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160.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 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 R9 270, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R9 270 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
+
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-
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UVD
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R9 270. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R9 270 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 R9 270 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 R9 270
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon R9 270
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon R9 270
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon R9 270
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon R9 270
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

Cheaper ($203 vs $269 (1.5x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (5 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 270

0.34% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 160.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB or AMD Radeon R9 270?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 270 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB versus AMD Radeon R9 270 performance benchmarks comparison

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