GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and Radeon R9 280X2 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Radeon R9 280X2
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
GP106
Tahiti
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
3x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1000 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
4,313 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
375 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
128.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_1)
CUDA
6.1
-
OpenCL
1.2
2.1 (1.2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.5 (5.1)
Vulkan
+
1.2.170