Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs AMD Radeon 890M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, vs AMD Radeon 890M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 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
68
37
29
16
58
31
27
14
The Witcher 3
54
40
26
13
36
28
15
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
96
63
42
18
53
34
24
10
Far Cry 6
50
45
33
15
46
36
23
12
Hogwarts Legacy
32
22
18
9
25
19
15
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
38
32
22
13
40
34
22
15
Ghost of Tsushima
29
20
16
9
24
19
12
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
19
n/a
26
21
11
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
57
49
34
18
42
37
25
12
Avg FPS
1080p High5039
1080p Ultra3729
1440p Ultra2719
4K Ultra1310
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
AMD Radeon 890M
3224
Time Spy42033373
Solar Bay1120514769
Port Royal8381820
Fire Strike131319007
Night Raid5456739135
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
AMD Radeon 890M
42932
Background Blur100.2 frames/s98.6 frames/s
Face Detection48.1 frames/s42 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.54 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.25 Gpix/sec1.6 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.58 Gpix/sec1.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching136.9 Gpix/sec214.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4220.5 fps7757.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
AMD Radeon 890M
8470
G2D Mark7471006
DirectX 1172 fps77 fps
DirectX 1237 fps37 fps
GPU Compute4310 Ops/s4421 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
AMD Radeon 890M
39.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)309.1 fps197.2 fps
Car Chase299.9 fps229.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)253.8 fps189.7 fps
T-Rex1307.9 fps754.1 fps
ALU 25983.8 fps906.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.6 fps251.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1538.61577.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced July, 19, 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 299 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1709 MHz 2900 MHz
Shader Units 1280 1024
TMUs 80 64
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 10 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 137 GTex/s 186 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.4 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 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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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