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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 vs AMD Radeon R9 Nano

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 6 GB GDDR5 · 1.71 GHz · 120 W Speed index 4/100

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.38 TFLOPS.

AMD Radeon R9 Nano
AMD Radeon R9 Nano 4 GB HBM · 1.00 GHz · 175 W Speed index 7/100

The AMD Radeon R9 Nano has 4096 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.00 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.19 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon R9 Nano is 87 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Speed index
4/100
7/100
FP32
4.38 TFLOPS
8.19 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.71 GHz
1.00 GHz
Memory Size
6 GB GDDR5
4 GB HBM
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
120 W
175 W
Launch Price
249 $
649 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAMD Radeon R9 Nano
GPU ChipGP106-400-A1Fiji XT CA
Streaming Multiprocessors1064
Shader12804096
Render Output Units4864
Texture Units80256
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon R9 Nano is based on the Fiji architecture and is equipped with 64 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Memory Size6 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 6GB GDDR5 is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon R9 Nano has a 4 GB large HBM graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.500GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Base Clock1.506 GHz1.000 GHz
Boost Clock1.708 GHz1.000 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon R9 Nano is 1.000 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon R9 Nano
TDP120 W175 W
Tjunction max94 °C85 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 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 AMD Radeon R9 Nano is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 85 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Fan-TypeRadialAxial (Radiator)
Fan 11 x 65 mm1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon R9 Nano is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.2--
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.2
DVI1--
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon R9 Nano supports HDCP in version -- and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_112_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon R9 Nano supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_0.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon R9 Nano
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode
VP8NoNo
VP9DecodeNo
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

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Length250 mm154 mm
Height111 mm112 mm
Width--40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon R9 Nano is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon R9 Nano
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2016Q3/2015
Launch Price249 $649 $
Structure size16 nm28 nm
Documentsdata sheet--
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Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 was released in Q3/2016.

The AMD Radeon R9 Nano published in Q3/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 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)

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 73 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 Nano +69.2 %

  1. 33,605
  2. 56,846

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon R9 Nano +84.7 %

  1. 34,284
  2. 63,331

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 57,004

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