NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU, 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.

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU), which has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU
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 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 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 112 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is 1.090 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.090 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.300 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU has a TDP of 90 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 90 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is 5120x2880 pixels.

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

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 250 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is 210 mm long, 112 mm high and 36 mm wide.

250 mm Length 210 mm
111 mm Height 112 mm
-- Width 36 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU was introduced in Q3/2017 at a price of 99 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no 11267-00
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2017
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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU
4 GB GDDR5
12 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU
4 GB GDDR5
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU
4 GB GDDR5
46 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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