AMD Radeon 860M vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 860M, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonGames
| Game title | 1080p (High) 1080p (Ultra) 1440p (Ultra) 4K (Ultra) | |
Forza Horizon 5 | n/a n/a n/a n/a | 68 37 29 16 |
The Witcher 3 | n/a n/a n/a n/a | 54 40 26 13 |
Counter-Strike 2 | n/a n/a n/a n/a | 96 63 42 18 |
Far Cry 6 | n/a n/a n/a n/a | 50 45 33 15 |
Hogwarts Legacy | n/a n/a n/a n/a | 32 22 18 9 |
COD Modern Warfare 3 | n/a n/a n/a n/a | 38 32 22 13 |
Ghost of Tsushima | n/a n/a n/a n/a | 29 20 16 9 |
Cyberpunk 2077 | n/a n/a n/a n/a | 30 26 19 n/a |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | n/a n/a n/a n/a | 57 49 34 18 |
| 1080p High | n/a | 50 |
| 1080p Ultra | n/a | 37 |
| 1440p Ultra | n/a | 27 |
| 4K Ultra | n/a | 13 |
| Deviation | n/a | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | n/a | 4203 |
| Solar Bay | n/a | 11205 |
| Port Royal | n/a | 838 |
| Fire Strike | n/a | 13131 |
| Night Raid | n/a | 54567 |
| Background Blur | 57.2 frames/s | 100.2 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 30.5 frames/s | 48.1 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 0.83 Gpix/sec | 1.54 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.16 Gpix/sec | 2.25 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.93 Gpix/sec | 2.58 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.35 Gpix/sec | 0.25 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 97.8 Gpix/sec | 136.9 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3933.5 fps | 4220.5 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | n/a | 747 |
| DirectX 11 | n/a | 72 fps |
| DirectX 12 | n/a | 37 fps |
| GPU Compute | n/a | 4310 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | n/a | 309.1 fps |
| Car Chase | n/a | 299.9 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | n/a | 253.8 fps |
| T-Rex | n/a | 1307.9 fps |
| ALU 2 | n/a | 5983.8 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | n/a | 282.6 fps |
| API | n/a | OpenGL |
| OS | n/a | Windows |
| Tessellation | n/a | 1538.6 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Nvidia |
| Build | Integrated | Discrete |
| Announced | January, 7, 2025 | July, 19, 2016 |
| Form Factor | Laptop use | PC use |
| Use case | Universal | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 | Pascal |
| Codename | Krackan Point | GP106 |
| Price | n/a | 299 |
GPU
| GPU Frequency | n/a | 1506 MHz |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 3000 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| Shader Units | 512 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 32 | 80 |
| ROPs | 16 | 48 |
| Execution Units | 8 | 10 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 8 | 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 | 48 Gpix/sec | 82 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 96 GTex/s | 137 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 6.1 TFLOPS | 4.4 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 15-54 W | 120 W |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process tech. | 4 nm | 16 nm |
| Max temperature | 100 °C | n/a |
| Transistor Size | n/a | 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 | 6 GB |
Max Throughput
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| CUDA | n/a | 6.1 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 1.4a |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
Results
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Survey
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Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
COD Modern Warfare 3
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Shadow of the Tomb Raider