Radeon Pro V520 vs GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated172
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data9.85
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGP104Navi 12
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)1 December 2020 (3 years ago)

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 cores12802304
Core clock speed1506 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7230.4
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS7.373 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs80144

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 4.0 x16
Length250 mm267 mm
Width2-slotIGP
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 typeGDDR5XHBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.3 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 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.76.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.2
Vulkan1.31.2
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 225 Watt

GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X has 87.5% lower power consumption.

Pro V520, on the other hand, has a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and Radeon Pro V520. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X is a desktop card while Radeon Pro V520 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
AMD Radeon Pro V520
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