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AMD Radeon R9 Fury vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5

AMD Radeon R9 Fury
AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4 GB HBM · 1.00 GHz · 275 W Speed index 6/100
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 6 GB GDDR5 · 1.71 GHz · 120 W Speed index 4/100
In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon R9 Fury and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon R9 Fury is 64 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5.

AMD Radeon R9 FuryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Speed index
6/100
4/100
FP32
7.17 TFLOPS
4.38 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.00 GHz
1.71 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB HBM
6 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
192 GB/s
TDP
275 W
120 W
Launch Price
549 $
249 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon R9 FuryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Based onAMD Radeon R9 FURYNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GPU ChipFiji PRO CBGP106-400-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors5610
Shader35841280
Render Output Units6448
Texture Units22480
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The AMD Radeon R9 Fury is based on the AMD Radeon R9 FURY and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon R9 FuryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Memory Size4 GB6 GB
Memory TypeHBMGDDR5
Memory Clock0.500 GHz2.002 GHz
Memory Speed1.0 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s192 GB/s
Memory Interface4,096 bit192 bit
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The AMD Radeon R9 Fury has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon R9 FuryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Base Clock1.000 GHz1.506 GHz
Boost Clock1.000 GHz1.708 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon R9 Fury clocks in the base with up to 1.000 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is 1.506 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon R9 FuryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
TDP275 W120 W
Tjunction max90 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon R9 Fury is 275 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon R9 FuryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Fan-TypeAxial (Radiator)Radial
Fan 11 x 120 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAIO water coolingAir cooling
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The AMD Radeon R9 Fury has a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon R9 FuryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Max. Displays44
HDCP--2.2
HDMI1x HDMI 1.4a1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4
DVI--1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon R9 Fury.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon R9 FuryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_012_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon R9 Fury supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon R9 FuryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecodeDecode / Encode
VP8NoNo
VP9NoDecode
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon R9 FuryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Length195 mm250 mm
Height115 mm111 mm
Width39 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon R9 Fury is 195 mm long, 115 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is 250 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon R9 FuryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2015Q3/2016
Launch Price549 $249 $
Structure size28 nm16 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The AMD Radeon R9 Fury was released in Q2/2015 at a price of 549 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $.

Benchmark results

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 54 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 73 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL AMD Radeon R9 Fury +55.2 %

  1. 52,164
  2. 33,605

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon R9 Fury +69.7 %

  1. 58,164
  2. 34,284

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 52,364
  2. no data

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