GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and Radeon R9 285X - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
Radeon R9 285X
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GPU code name
GP104
Tonga
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1002 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
5,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
200 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
128.3
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
5.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
264.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_0)
CUDA
6.1
-
OpenCL
3.0
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.5
Vulkan
1.3
1.2.170