ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1152 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.94 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.36 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.68 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 9 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1152 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
72 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is 1.360 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.360 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.34 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 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 ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

120 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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

Dimensions

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

174 mm Length 298 mm
111 mm Height 134 mm
-- Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was released in Q3/2016.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 published in Q4/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

ZT-P10610A-10L Part-no ROG-STRIX-RX580-8G-GAMING
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2017
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
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)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580
8 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580
8 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580
8 GB GDDR5
84 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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