ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 vs Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 and Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XT GP106-300-A1
• Execution units
  36 9
• Shader
  2304 1152
• Render Output Units
  32 48
• Texture Units
  144 72

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 3 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 2.002 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 192 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 and Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.257 GHz 1.506 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.360 GHz+ 1 % 1.708 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  185 W 120 W
• TDP (up)
  300 W --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 6-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 and Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 1
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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
• LED
  ASUS Aura Sync No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  298 mm 252 mm
• Height
  134 mm 112 mm
• Width
  53 mm 39 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB and ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q3/2016
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  ROG-STRIX-RX580-8G-GAMING NE51060015F9-1061D
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet