AMD Radeon RX 590 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 590, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 590 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
79
42
33
19
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
54
47
26
15
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
93
64
42
20
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
62
50
39
20
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
36
29
20
10
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
29
17
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
36
25
17
10
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
34
30
15
n/a
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
67
55
34
17
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High5746
1080p Ultra4335
1440p Ultra2825
4K Ultra1512
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy47783863
Solar Bayn/a9888
Port Royaln/a824
Fire Strike1652412267
Night Raid6205950787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur69 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection38.2 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.75 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.31 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.31 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.38 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching180.5 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6238 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark788772
DirectX 1165 fps71 fps
DirectX 1246 fps35 fps
GPU Compute3900 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)345.4 fps284.8 fps
Car Chase328.1 fps280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)275.6 fps245.2 fps
T-Rex1275.2 fps1203.9 fps
ALU 21417.7 fps5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2266.8 fps231.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1012.61404.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 15, 2018 August, 18, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Codename Polaris 30 GP106
Price 279 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1469 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 2304 1152
TMUs 144 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 49 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 222 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 175 W 120 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 12 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 2000 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 3 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 590
256 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

Results

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