AMD Radeon R9 285X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

AMD Radeon R9 285X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 $299
2048 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
1002MHz
1280 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1708MHz
Peak Performance
4.1 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak Performance
17.49 TOPS
INT8
FP32
4.1 TFLOPS
FP32
4.37 TFLOPS
-
-
FP16
70 GFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
200W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
-

Peak Performance

  • 77% slower vs GeForce GTX 1060
  • 4.27x faster vs Radeon R9 285X
Radeon R9 285X - 4.1 TFLOPS FP32
x1
GeForce GTX 1060 - 17.49 TOPS INT8
x4.27

FP32

  • 6% slower vs GeForce GTX 1060
  • 7% faster vs Radeon R9 285X
Radeon R9 285X - 4.1 TFLOPS FP32
x1
GeForce GTX 1060 - 4.37 TFLOPS FP32
x1.07
  • 38% faster vs GeForce GTX 1060
  • 27% slower vs Radeon R9 285X
Radeon R9 285X - 264GB/s
x1.38
GeForce GTX 1060 - 192GB/s
x1
  • 67% higher vs GeForce GTX 1060
  • 40% lower vs Radeon R9 285X
Radeon R9 285X - 200W
x1.67
GeForce GTX 1060 - 120W
x1
  • 34% slower vs GeForce GTX 1060
  • 52% faster vs Radeon R9 285X
Radeon R9 285X - GB6 OpenCL 26,005
x1
GeForce GTX 1060 - GB6 OpenCL 39,425
x1.52
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 3
Architecture
Pascal
Family
Radeon R 200
Family
GeForce 10
Codename
Tonga
-
Variant
Tonga XT
Codename
NV136
GP106
Variant
GP106-400-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
9/2/2014
Release Date
7/19/2016
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
28nm
Fabrication Node
16FF
Die Size
359 mm²
Die Size
200 mm²
Transistor Count
5 Billion
Transistor Count
4.4 Billion
Transistor Density
13.93M/mm²
Transistor Density
22.00M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2048 Shaders
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
-
-
Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Compute Units
32 CUs
-
-
-
-
Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
-
1002MHz
1506MHz Base
1708MHz
Peak Performance
4.1 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak Performance
17.49 TOPS
INT8
-
-
FP16
70 GFLOPS
FP32
4.1 TFLOPS
FP32
4.37 TFLOPS
FP64
260 GFLOPS
FP64
140 GFLOPS
-
-
INT8
17.49 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
32.064 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
81.984 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
128.256 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
136.64 GTexel/s
L1
-
16KB/CU
L1
48KB/SM
-
L2
768KB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
3GB
GDDR5
6GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1375MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
264GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
TDP
200W
TDP
120W
2x DVI-D Dual-Link
1x DisplayPort 1.2
-
1x HDMI 1.4
-
1x DVI-D Dual-Link
-
3x DisplayPort 1.4
-
1x HDMI 2.0
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
-
-
Model
VCE 3.0
Model
NVENC 4
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Model
UVD 5.0
Model
NVDEC 3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
-
AVC (H.264)
-
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
-
-
GFX
8
-
-
-
-
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
6.1
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP8
VDPAU
Feature Set H
1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
-
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
-
-
-
-
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
250 mm (9.84 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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