Radeon Sky 700 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGP106Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)27 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores12801792
Core clock speed1506 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7100.8
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS3.226 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs80112

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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length250 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2257 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth216.7 GB/s176 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 DisplayPort
HDMI+-
DisplayPort countno data1
Dual-link DVI support-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 27 March 2013
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 225 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps has an age advantage of 4 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 87.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and Radeon Sky 700. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps is a desktop card while Radeon Sky 700 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
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AMD Radeon Sky 700
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