NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

GPU

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.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 480
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 10 XT
Pascal Architecture Ellesmere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1152 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
72 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

3 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.120 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.290 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

120 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G 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
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_0
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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 No
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

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.

250 mm Length 232 mm
111 mm Height 116 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-RX480G1 GAMING-4GD
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2016
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 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

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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