Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
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
17
9
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
54
40
26
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
96
63
42
18
20
15
10
n/a
Far Cry 6
50
45
33
15
14
12
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
32
22
18
9
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
38
32
22
13
16
13
11
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
29
20
16
9
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
19
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
57
49
34
18
11
10
9
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High5012
1080p Ultra3710
1440p Ultra27-
4K Ultra13-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
939
Time Spy42031074
Solar Bay11205n/a
Port Royal838n/a
Fire Strike131313399
Night Raid5456713201
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
14408
Background Blur100.2 frames/s33.7 frames/s
Face Detection48.1 frames/s15.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.54 Gpix/sec0.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.25 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.58 Gpix/sec0.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec0.21 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching136.9 Gpix/sec54.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4220.5 fps1957.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
2250
G2D Mark747568
DirectX 1172 fps16 fps
DirectX 1237 fps11 fps
GPU Compute4310 Ops/s1215 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)309.1 fpsn/a
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
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1538.6n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced July, 19, 2016 January, 7, 2020
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Pascal Raven
Codename GP106 n/a
Price 299 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1709 MHz 1500-2000 MHz
Shader Units 1280 448
TMUs 80 28
ROPs 48 8
Execution Units 10 7
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1536 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 12-16 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 137 GTex/s 42-56 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS 1.3-1.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
TGP 120 W 10-45 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² n/a
Transistor count 4 billion n/a
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² n/a

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 RX Vega 7
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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