GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 vs Radeon RX Vega M GH

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking319not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.70no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code namePolaris 22GP104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2018 (6 years ago)8 March 2018 (6 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 cores15361280
Core clock speed1063 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1190 MHz1708 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate114.2136.6
Floating-point processing power3.656 TFLOPS4.372 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs9680

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width1024 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth204.8 GB/s192.2 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2018 8 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 120 Watt

RX Vega M GH has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 6 GB GP104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega M GH and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GH is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH
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