NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
AMD Radeon RX 570
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
AMD Radeon RX 570

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 570. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

121
Place in performance rating
198
43.49
Value for money (0-100)
54.96
Pascal
Architecture
Polaris
GP106
Code name
Polaris 20
Desktop
Type
Desktop
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
18 April 2017 (4 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$169
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$433 (2.6x MSRP)
28.31
Value for money
20.78
GP106
GPU code name
Polaris 20 Ellesmere
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 570 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
2048
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1168 MHz
1709 MHz
Boost Clock
1244 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
159.2
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,095 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
1244 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
5,700 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 570.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
250 mm
Length
241 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 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 570 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
-
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 RX 570, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 570 is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
6.1
CUDA
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
no data
FreeSync
+
+
G-SYNC
no data
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 570. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
+
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 570 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 RX 570 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 RX 570
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 570
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 570
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 570
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 570
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

15.31% faster in synthetic tests

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 570

Cheaper ($433 (2.6x MSRP) vs $525 (1.8x MSRP))

More pipelines (2048 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

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

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX 570?

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 RX 570 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

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