In the gpu comparison between the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI is 16 % faster than the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI is based on AMD Radeon RX 570, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI
Memory Size
3 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.178 GHz
Boost Clock
1.708 GHz
1.255 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI is 1.178 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI
TDP
120 W
150 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI has a TDP of 150 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
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 GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
Decode
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
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI
Length
255 mm
232 mm
Height
125 mm
116 mm
Width
42 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 255 mm long, 125 mm high and 42 mm wide.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI is 232 mm long, 116 mm high and 40 mm 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G MI +2.2 %
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.
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