GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon HD 7870 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs Radeon HD 7870
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
10560
Radeon HD 7870
4779
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Radeon HD 7870
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name
GP106
Pitcairn XT
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2016
March 2012
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
2x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1000 MHz
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
2800 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
175 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
80.00
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
153.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity
-
+
HDMI
+
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
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
1.2.131
VR Ready
+
-