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

Key Specs AMD Radeon 860M and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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
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
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a50
1080p Ultran/a37
1440p Ultran/a27
4K Ultran/a13
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 860M
2572
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spyn/a4203
Solar Bayn/a11205
Port Royaln/a838
Fire Striken/a13131
Night Raidn/a54567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 860M
25630
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur57.2 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection30.5 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.83 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.16 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.93 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.35 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching97.8 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics3933.5 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 860M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Markn/a747
DirectX 11n/a72 fps
DirectX 12n/a37 fps
GPU Computen/a4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 860M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a309.1 fps
Car Chasen/a299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a253.8 fps
T-Rexn/a1307.9 fps
ALU 2n/a5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.6 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General 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
AMD Radeon 860M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
192.2 GB/s

API

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

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