Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking275not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.14no data
Power efficiency17.57no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP106Vega 10
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)8 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$237.11 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 cores12804096
Core clock speed1506 MHz1406 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1677 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt225 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.6429.3
Floating-point processing power4.275 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4864
TMUs80256

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1890 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s483.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI-+
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12.0
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 8 August 2017
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 225 Watt

GTX 1060 Mobile has 181.3% lower power consumption.

RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition
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