Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs AMD Radeon 680M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, vs AMD Radeon 680M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and AMD Radeon 680M
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
68
37
29
16
42
23
17
10
The Witcher 3
54
40
26
13
19
21
10
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
96
63
42
18
39
23
20
n/a
Far Cry 6
50
45
33
15
33
27
19
9
Hogwarts Legacy
32
22
18
9
18
12
9
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
38
32
22
13
27
24
19
10
Ghost of Tsushima
29
20
16
9
19
11
9
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
19
n/a
19
15
10
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
57
49
34
18
25
24
17
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High5027
1080p Ultra3720
1440p Ultra2714
4K Ultra13-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
AMD Radeon 680M
2194
Time Spy42032337
Solar Bay1120510075
Port Royal8381022
Fire Strike131316948
Night Raid5456727970
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
AMD Radeon 680M
28675
Background Blur100.2 frames/s73.8 frames/s
Face Detection48.1 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.54 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.25 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.58 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec0.37 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching136.9 Gpix/sec105 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4220.5 fps4640 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
AMD Radeon 680M
4668
G2D Mark747751
DirectX 1172 fps45 fps
DirectX 1237 fps22 fps
GPU Compute4310 Ops/s2163 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
AMD Radeon 680M
27.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)309.1 fps142 fps
Car Chase299.9 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)253.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex1307.9 fpsn/a
ALU 25983.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2282.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1538.6n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced July, 19, 2016 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Pascal RDNA 2.0
Codename GP106 Rembrandt
Price 299 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 400 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1709 MHz 2200-2400 MHz
Shader Units 1280 768
TMUs 80 48
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 10 12
Ray Tracing Cores No 12
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 70-77 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 137 GTex/s 106-115 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS 3.4-3.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 120 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 208 mm²
Transistor count 4 billion 13.1 billion
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² 62.98 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
192.2 GB/s
AMD Radeon 680M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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