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KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB GDDR5 · 1.71 GHz · 120 W Speed index 3/100

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1152 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.94 TFLOPS.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.36 GHz · 185 W Speed index 5/100

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.36 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.66 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G is 44 % faster than the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
Speed index
3/100
5/100
FP32
3.94 TFLOPS
5.66 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.71 GHz
1.36 GHz
Memory Size
3 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
120 W
185 W
Launch Price
199 $
229 $

GPU

GPUKFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GPU ChipGP106-300-A1Polaris 20 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors936
Shader11522304
Render Output Units4832
Texture Units72144
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 9 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.

Memory

MemoryKFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
Memory Size3 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock2.002 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface192 bit256 bit
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsKFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
Base Clock1.506 GHz1.257 GHz
Boost Clock1.708 GHz1.355 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G is 1.355 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignKFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
TDP120 W185 W
Tjunction max94 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansKFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 70 mm2 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)--0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityKFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.4
DVI1--
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetKFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsKFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8NoDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsKFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
Length255 mm272 mm
Height125 mm131 mm
Width42 mm39 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataKFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2016Q4/2017
Launch Price199 $229 $
Structure size16 nm14 nm
Part-no60NNH7DHL6VKGV-RX580D5-8GD
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was released in Q3/2016.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G published in Q4/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

Benchmark results

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) GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G +7.1 %

  1. 28 fps (avg)
  2. 30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G +31.1 %

  1. 45 fps (avg)
  2. 59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G +29.2 %

  1. 65 fps (avg)
  2. 84 fps (avg)

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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G +35.2 %

  1. 31,694
  2. 42,848

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 D5 8G +21.9 %

  1. 32,894
  2. 40,099

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 42,343

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