GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G
vs
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G and the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU), which has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G GPU ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU)
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 21 XT
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
1152 Shader 1024
48 Render Output Units 16
72 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 109 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.700 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.8 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 109 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is 1.199 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.199 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.199 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 has a TDP of 75 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is 223 mm long, 121 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is 242 mm long, 129 mm high and 42 mm wide.

223 mm Length 242 mm
121 mm Height 129 mm
39 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 99 $ (Reference).

GV-N1060WF2-3GD Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2017
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
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

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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