Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs AMD Radeon 780M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, vs AMD Radeon 780M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and AMD Radeon 780M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
63
34
28
15
51
26
22
12
The Witcher 3
45
39
27
12
29
25
13
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
84
57
41
16
46
27
19
n/a
Far Cry 6
49
44
31
14
39
31
19
10
Hogwarts Legacy
28
23
18
n/a
20
15
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
39
32
22
14
35
29
20
12
Ghost of Tsushima
24
16
14
9
20
16
10
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
16
n/a
20
19
11
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
51
45
29
16
35
31
18
9
Avg FPS
1080p High4633
1080p Ultra3524
1440p Ultra2516
4K Ultra12-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
AMD Radeon 780M
2675
Time Spy38632781
Solar Bay988811162
Port Royal8241580
Fire Strike122677824
Night Raid5078733611
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
AMD Radeon 780M
32713
Background Blur92.6 frames/s86.4 frames/s
Face Detection43.3 frames/s35.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.4 Gpix/sec1.03 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.04 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.28 Gpix/sec1.41 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec0.41 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching110.7 Gpix/sec132.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics3306.4 fps4470.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
AMD Radeon 780M
7001
G2D Mark772878
DirectX 1171 fps67 fps
DirectX 1235 fps31 fps
GPU Compute4116 Ops/s3719 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
AMD Radeon 780M
34.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)284.8 fps183.4 fps
Car Chase280.4 fps202.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)245.2 fps161.6 fps
T-Rex1203.9 fps699.9 fps
ALU 25992 fps849.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2231.3 fps268.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1404.61373.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced August, 18, 2016 January, 4, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Pascal RDNA 3.0
Codename GP106 Phoenix
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1708 MHz 2700-2800 MHz
Shader Units 1152 768
TMUs 72 48
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 9 12
Ray Tracing Cores No 12
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 86-90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTex/s 130-134 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS 4.1-4.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 120 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 178 mm²
Transistor count 4 billion 25.4 billion
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² 142.7 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No n/a
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 3 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s
AMD Radeon 780M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon 780M the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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1 (33.33%)
2 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 3

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