AMD Radeon RX 570 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 570, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 570 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
65
37
28
17
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
44
38
19
10
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
62
46
33
12
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
51
44
30
15
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
27
20
15
n/a
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
44
38
24
15
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
28
20
14
n/a
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
27
27
13
n/a
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
51
45
26
13
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High4446
1080p Ultra3535
1440p Ultra2225
4K Ultra1112
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 570
3694
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy38543863
Solar Bayn/a9888
Port Royaln/a824
Fire Strike1344412267
Night Raid5038350787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 570
37147
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur55.7 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection31.3 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.41 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.82 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.57 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.31 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching143.2 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5080.1 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 570
7968
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark724772
DirectX 1155 fps71 fps
DirectX 1239 fps35 fps
GPU Compute2965 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 570
48.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)274.6 fps284.8 fps
Car Chase259.3 fps280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)219 fps245.2 fps
T-Rex1018.3 fps1203.9 fps
ALU 21061.7 fps5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2150.4 fps231.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation795.91404.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 August, 18, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Codename Polaris 20 GP106
Price 169 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1168 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1244 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 2048 1152
TMUs 128 72
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units n/a 9
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 16 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 40 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 159 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.1 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 150 W 120 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 3 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 570
224 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s

API

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

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