In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G is 51 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
The NVIDIA 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 480 G1 Gaming 4G is based on AMD Radeon RX 480, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Memory Size
3 GB
4 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 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.120 GHz
Boost Clock
1.708 GHz
1.290 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G is 1.120 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
TDP
120 W
150 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G 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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
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 1.4a
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_0
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Addressable LED
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
No
VP9
Decode
No
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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Length
250 mm
232 mm
Height
111 mm
116 mm
Width
--
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 250 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G 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.
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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