Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs AMD Radeon 890M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, vs AMD Radeon 890M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and AMD Radeon 890M
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
58
31
27
14
The Witcher 3
45
39
27
12
36
28
15
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
84
57
41
16
53
34
24
10
Far Cry 6
49
44
31
14
46
36
23
12
Hogwarts Legacy
28
23
18
n/a
25
19
15
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
39
32
22
14
40
34
22
15
Ghost of Tsushima
24
16
14
9
24
19
12
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
16
n/a
26
21
11
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
51
45
29
16
42
37
25
12
Avg FPS
1080p High4639
1080p Ultra3529
1440p Ultra2519
4K Ultra1210
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
AMD Radeon 890M
3224
Time Spy38633373
Solar Bay988814769
Port Royal8241820
Fire Strike122679007
Night Raid5078739135
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
AMD Radeon 890M
42932
Background Blur92.6 frames/s98.6 frames/s
Face Detection43.3 frames/s42 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.4 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.04 Gpix/sec1.6 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.28 Gpix/sec1.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching110.7 Gpix/sec214.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics3306.4 fps7757.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
AMD Radeon 890M
8470
G2D Mark7721006
DirectX 1171 fps77 fps
DirectX 1235 fps37 fps
GPU Compute4116 Ops/s4421 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
AMD Radeon 890M
39.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)284.8 fps197.2 fps
Car Chase280.4 fps229.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)245.2 fps189.7 fps
T-Rex1203.9 fps754.1 fps
ALU 25992 fps906.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2231.3 fps251.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1404.61577.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced August, 18, 2016 June, 3, 2024
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Pascal RDNA 3+
Codename GP106 Strix Point
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1708 MHz 2900 MHz
Shader Units 1152 1024
TMUs 72 64
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 9 16
Ray Tracing Cores No 16
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 116 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTex/s 186 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS 5.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 120 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 4 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
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 890M
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 890M the clear winner in this comparison.

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