Radeon R9 FURY X2 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking217not rated
Place by popularity19not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.57no data
Power efficiency14.21no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGP106Capsaicin
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores11524096
Core clock speed1506 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Texture fill rate123.0268.8
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4864
TMUs72256

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5HBM
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1000 MBps
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s512.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 1.4a, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan+1.2.170
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm

GTX 1060 3 GB has a 75% more advanced lithography process.

R9 FURY X2, on the other hand, has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and Radeon R9 FURY X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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