ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
vs
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.38 TFLOPS.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.57 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 7.21 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GPU XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 590
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 30 XT
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1280 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
80 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is 1.565 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.469 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.565 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

120 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

240 mm Length 270 mm
131 mm Height 124 mm
38 mm Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB was released in Q3/2016.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB published in Q3/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

EX-GTX1060-6G Part-no RX-590P8DLD6
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2019
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $
16 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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