AMD Radeon RX 580 vs GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 580 and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G, chip, information processing units.

• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XT GP106-410-A1
• Execution units
  36 10
• Shader
  2304 1280
• Render Output Units
  32 48
• Texture Units
  144 80

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 2.002 GHz

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 580 and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.257 GHz 1.607 GHz+ 7 %
• Boost Clock
  1.340 GHz 1.860 GHz+ 9 %

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  185 W 120 W

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12 12_1
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G and AMD Radeon RX 580.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Structure size
  14 nm 16 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q3/2016