GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and Radeon HD 7870 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
Radeon HD 7870 XT
4603
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Radeon HD 7870 XT
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
GP106
Tahiti
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
November 2012
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
2x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
975 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
925 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
2,995 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
4,313 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
1536
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
185 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
93.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
192.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_1)
CUDA
6.1
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
1.2.131