NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo). Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

121
Place in performance rating
570
43.49
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
GCN 1.2/2.0
GP106
Code name
Carrizo
Desktop
Type
Laptop
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
4 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$999
28.31
Value for money
0.48
GP106
GPU code name
Carrizo
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
512
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
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1709 MHz
Boost Clock
800 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
2410 Million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
12-35 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
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4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
800 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
2410 Million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
12-35 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo).

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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250 mm
Length
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1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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no data
Laptop size
medium sized

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 6 GB and AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
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6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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192 Bit
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
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192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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-
Shared memory
+

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo), the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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+
G-SYNC support
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+
HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
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+
Multi Monitor
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6.1
CUDA
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+
Multi-Projection
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+
G-SYNC
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo). Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
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1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) 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 6 GB or AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
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 6 GB

43.01% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($525 (1.8x MSRP) vs $999)

More pipelines (1280 vs 512)

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)

Less power consumption (12-35 Watt vs 120 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB versus AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

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