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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs AMD Radeon R9 Fury X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB GDDR5 · 1.71 GHz · 120 W Speed index 3/100
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X 4 GB HBM · 1.05 GHz · 275 W Speed index 7/100
In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is 118 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Speed index
3/100
7/100
FP32
3.94 TFLOPS
8.60 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.71 GHz
1.05 GHz
Memory Size
3 GB GDDR5
4 GB HBM
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
120 W
275 W
Launch Price
199 $
649 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 FURY X
GPU ChipGP106-300-A1Fiji XT C8
Streaming Multiprocessors964
Shader11524096
Render Output Units4864
Texture Units72256
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is based on AMD Radeon R9 FURY X, which has 4096 shaders and 64 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Memory Size3 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5HBM
Memory Clock2.002 GHz0.500 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps1.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface192 bit4,096 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X can access 4 GB HBM graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Base Clock1.506 GHz1.050 GHz
Boost Clock1.708 GHz1.050 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is 1.050 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
TDP120 W275 W
Tjunction max94 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X has a TDP of 275 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Fan-TypeRadialAxial (Radiator)
Fan 11 x 65 mm1 x 120 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAIO water cooling
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X has 1 Axial (Radiator) fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.2--
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.2
DVI1--
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_112_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is 4096x2160 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode
VP8NoNo
VP9DecodeNo
AV1NoNo
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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

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Length250 mm195 mm
Height111 mm115 mm
Width--39 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 250 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is 195 mm long, 115 mm high and 39 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2016Q2/2015
Launch Price199 $649 $
Structure size16 nm28 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X was introduced in Q2/2015 at a price of 649 $.

Benchmark results

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 AMD Radeon R9 Fury X +83.0 %

  1. 31,694
  2. 58,011

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon R9 Fury X +98.2 %

  1. 32,894
  2. 65,197

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 58,643

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