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AMD Radeon R9 Nano vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

AMD Radeon R9 Nano
AMD Radeon R9 Nano 4 GB HBM · 1.00 GHz · 175 W Speed index 7/100
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB GDDR5 · 1.71 GHz · 120 W Speed index 3/100
In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon R9 Nano and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon R9 Nano is 108 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

AMD Radeon R9 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Speed index
7/100
3/100
FP32
8.19 TFLOPS
3.94 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.00 GHz
1.71 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB HBM
3 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
192 GB/s
TDP
175 W
120 W
Launch Price
649 $
199 $
MonkeyBench 2026.3
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108 pts

Technical details

AMD Radeon R9 Nano NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon R9 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Based onAMD Radeon R9 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GPU ChipFiji XT CAGP106-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors649
Shader40961152
Render Output Units6448
Texture Units25672
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The AMD Radeon R9 Nano is based on the AMD Radeon R9 Nano and has 4096 texture shaders and 64 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon R9 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Memory Size4 GB3 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 Nano has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB can access 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon R9 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Base Clock1.000 GHz1.506 GHz
Boost Clock1.000 GHz1.708 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon R9 Nano clocks in the base with up to 1.000 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 1.506 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon R9 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TDP175 W120 W
Tjunction max85 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon R9 Nano is 175 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 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 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Fan-TypeAxial (Radiator)Radial
Fan 11 x 90 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
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The AMD Radeon R9 Nano has a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon R9 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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 Nano.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon R9 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_012_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon R9 Nano supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon R9 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Length154 mm250 mm
Height112 mm111 mm
Width40 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon R9 Nano is 154 mm long, 112 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 250 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon R9 NanoNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2015Q3/2016
Launch Price649 $199 $
Structure size28 nm16 nm
Documents--data sheet
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The AMD Radeon R9 Nano was released in Q3/2015 at a price of 649 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $.

Benchmark results

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 Nano +79.4 %

  1. AMD Radeon R9 NanoAMD Radeon R9 Nano4 GB HBM
    56,846
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB3 GB GDDR5
    31,694

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon R9 Nano +92.5 %

  1. AMD Radeon R9 NanoAMD Radeon R9 Nano4 GB HBM
    63,331
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB3 GB GDDR5
    32,894

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. AMD Radeon R9 NanoAMD Radeon R9 Nano4 GB HBM
    57,004
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB3 GB GDDR5
    no data
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