SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W)
vs
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) has the Polaris 21 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) GPU KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB
AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Polaris 21 XT GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Pascal
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
1024 Shader 1152
16 Render Output Units 48
64 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 6.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.090 GHz Base Clock 1.544 GHz
1.300 GHz Boost Clock 1.759 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 45 W.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W).

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_1
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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

210 mm Length 268 mm
112 mm Height 139 mm
36 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2017.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

11267-13 Part-no 60NNH7DVM6OK
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2016
99 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 16 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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