AMD Radeon 8060S vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 8060S, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 8060S and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a46
1080p Ultran/a35
1440p Ultran/a25
4K Ultran/a12
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 8060S
9359
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy97643863
Solar Bayn/a9888
Port Royaln/a824
Fire Strike2270712267
Night Raidn/a50787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 8060S
93515
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur232.1 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection122.5 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.92 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.07 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.49 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.08 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching396.3 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13016.5 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 8060S
15946
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark1194772
DirectX 11146 fps71 fps
DirectX 1275 fps35 fps
GPU Compute8145 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 8060S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a284.8 fps
Car Chasen/a280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a245.2 fps
T-Rexn/a1203.9 fps
ALU 2n/a5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a231.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1404.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 August, 18, 2016
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.5 Pascal
Codename Strix Halo GP106
Price n/a 199

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2900 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1152
TMUs 160 72
ROPs 80 48
Execution Units 40 9
Ray Tracing Cores 40 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache n/a 48 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 232 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 464 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.7 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 45-120 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 16 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size 441.7 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count n/a 4 billion
Transistor density n/a 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR5
Memory Frequency n/a 2002 MHz
Bus n/a 192 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 8000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 3 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon 8060S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon 8060S the clear winner in this comparison.

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