In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G 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 ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G is 44 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
The ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Memory Size
8 GB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
192 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 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 Speeds
ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Base Clock
1.257 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.360 GHz
1.708 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.34 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.257 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 1.506 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TDP
185 W
120 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G is 185 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 & Fans
ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
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1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
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3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
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 ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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
Dimensions
ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Length
242 mm
250 mm
Height
129 mm
111 mm
Width
38 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G is 242 mm long, 129 mm high and 38 mm wide.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 250 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.
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 ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G +16.8 %
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.
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) ASUS Mining Radeon RX 580 8G +44.2 %
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