GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of RX 580 vs 1060 among all GPUs

Gaming

Radeon RX 580
n.d.
GeForce GTX 1060
n.d.
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
6.9
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

Radeon RX 580
6.7
GeForce GTX 1060
5.5
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
6.4
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

Computing

Radeon RX 580
7.9
GeForce GTX 1060
7.3
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
6.8
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

Radeon RX 580
7.4
GeForce GTX 1060
7.2
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
7.8
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Noise and Power

Radeon RX 580
8.5
GeForce GTX 1060
9.1
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
9.5
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
7.4

Overall Score

Radeon RX 580
7.4
GeForce GTX 1060
6.7
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
7.0

Winner
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 

GPUBoss recommends the MSI GeForce GTX 1060  based on its benchmarks and compute performance.

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AMD Radeon RX 580

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MSI GeForce GTX 1060

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Radeon RX 580

Reasons to consider the
AMD Radeon RX 580

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Better floating-point performance 6,175 GFLOPS vs 3,953 GFLOPS More than 55% better floating-point performance
More memory 8,192 MB vs 6,144 MB Around 35% more memory
Higher memory bandwidth 256 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s Around 35% higher memory bandwidth
Higher texture rate 193 GTexel/s vs 123.5 GTexel/s More than 55% higher texture rate
More shading units 2,304 vs 1,280 1024 more shading units
More texture mapping units 144 vs 80 64 more texture mapping units
Better ocean surface simulation score 2,001.34 frames/s vs 1,341.36 frames/s Around 50% better ocean surface simulation score
Front view of GeForce GTX 1060

Reasons to consider the
MSI GeForce GTX 1060

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Higher clock speed 1,544 MHz vs 1,257 MHz Around 25% higher clock speed
Higher pixel rate 74.1 GPixel/s vs 42.88 GPixel/s Around 75% higher pixel rate
Better PassMark score 8,686 vs 7,781 More than 10% better PassMark score
Significantly higher turbo clock speed 1,759 MHz vs 1,340 MHz More than 30% higher turbo clock speed
More render output processors 48 vs 32 16 more render output processors
Better PassMark direct compute score 5,049 vs 3,923 Around 30% better PassMark direct compute score
Lower TDP 120W vs 185W More than 35% lower TDP

Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon RX 580
659.89 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 1060
466.86 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon RX 580
126.65 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 1060
159.36 mPixels/s

Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon RX 580
2,001.34 frames/s
GeForce GTX 1060
1,341.36 frames/s

Particle simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon RX 580
891.55 mInteraction/s
GeForce GTX 1060
1,198.58 mInteraction/s

T-Rex (Compubench 1.5) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon RX 580
11.36 frames/s
GeForce GTX 1060
8.92 frames/s

Video composition Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon RX 580
115.32 frames/s
GeForce GTX 1060
111.29 frames/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon RX 580
3,355.14
GeForce GTX 1060
3,360.14

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon RX 580
3,714.14
GeForce GTX 1060
3,720.1

Comments

Showing 25 comments.
Just ME Onlyme (08:10 PM, October 17, 2018)
I am so confused. First I read the scores on top: RX 580 8GB - 7.2/10 GTX 1060 6GB - 6.4/10 BUT the 1060 wins? And a 1050 Ti beats a 1060 ..... WHAT? WHAT? When did Video Cards start a benchmark FACE DETECTION? Why is there no score " n/a " for the " Gaming " Category? How could you post a review without doing the 'review'. This review is incomplete. WHY POST IT!? There needs to be staff changes in management for this website. STAY OUT OF THE BUSINESS.
OC (02:32 AM, September 28, 2018)
Inefficient design calls for increased power throughput while pumping next to near performance to comparison.
Bruno Martins (05:11 PM, August 8, 2018)
I Never buy NVIDIA agains, each drive update the card lost performace, when GTX 1050TI ARRIVE THE MARKET it´s 10 fps less gtx 960 4gb, now the GTX 960 4GB LESS THAN 10 FPS FOR GTX 960 4GB
Maja Mielewska (06:01 PM, April 22, 2018)
Better floating-point performance 6,175 GFLOPS vs 3,953 GFLOPS More than 55% better floating-point performance this is why I buy rx 580 and cross fire at hand .
Reliphyte (03:50 PM, February 25, 2018)
The reason why the 1060 wins is because the under the Gaming section the RX 480 must have crashed or frozen during the benchmark, therefore no score.
AnimetiC Land (06:27 PM, December 28, 2017)
This site is shit. RX 580 is way better. The only loss is TDP...
Alan Dike (06:35 PM, December 22, 2017)
Go play a game optimized for open gl..
flerpie (02:09 PM, December 13, 2017)
well i do it is so easy
Nobodyelse (05:29 PM, December 12, 2017)
who the hell overclock his/her vga? 1 in 10 / 1 in 100 / 1 in 1 million?
doez nutz (04:19 PM, November 29, 2017)
The 3gb version can't really even be called a 1060, and if you wanted to you would have to change the 1060 6gb to the 1060 Ti for it to work like that
PepitoManhattan (02:28 PM, November 28, 2017)
this posts are comparing the 6gb 1060 and the 8gb 580 so...
flerpie (02:45 PM, November 18, 2017)
was i talking about a 6gb 1060 no
flerpie (02:45 PM, November 18, 2017)
it has a really high tdp it is also really hot so not that much overclocking
Plissken (01:29 AM, November 14, 2017)
Nobody buys a graphics card for performance per watt. We buy for performance. Power consumption should be a side note in any GPU comparison. Sure it's nice to know, but it's nobody is going to intentionally sacrifice performance to save a few watts.
Zachary Jennings (12:44 PM, October 19, 2017)
Benchmark is 6gb variant vs 8gb variant?!??!!? flerpie is just retarded.
CATCUS (12:46 PM, October 17, 2017)
He probably didn't even type it to begin with.
Thomas (05:09 AM, October 9, 2017)
Dude, he said the 1060 3gb variant vs the 580 4gb variant. Stop posting the same comment when you didn't even read his.
Chema Cantos García (04:44 PM, September 7, 2017)
Where do you look for prices? At amazon.es you can get a RX580 8GB for €250, while you can't get any GTX 1060 6GB for less than €317.
Chema Cantos García (04:42 PM, September 7, 2017)
Where do you look for prices? At amazon.es you can get a RX580 8GB for €250, while you can't get any GTX 1060 6GB for less than €317. I know i copied it but i was too lazy to type it again.
Chema Cantos García (04:19 PM, September 7, 2017)
Where do you look for prices? At amazon.es you can get a RX580 8GB for €250, while you can't get any GTX 1060 6GB for less than €317
flerpie (06:46 AM, September 7, 2017)
this way rx 580 uses more power also runs hotter and at the top thing the rx 580 sucks gtx 1060 takes the win and also didnt mention the cheapest 3gb 1060 is 200 dollars the cheapest rx 580 is 270 dollars so thats a win for the 1060
flerpie (06:45 AM, September 7, 2017)
well then your blind rx 580 uses more power also runs hotter and at the top thing the rx 580 sucks gtx 1060 takes the win and also didnt mention the cheapest 3gb 1060 is 200 dollars the cheapest rx 580 is 270 dollars so thats a win for the 1060 i know i copied it but i was too lazy to type it again
flerpie (06:44 AM, September 7, 2017)
well then your blind rx 580 uses more power also runs hotter and at the top thing the rx 580 sucks gtx 1060 takes the win and also didnt mention the cheapest 3gb 1060 is 200 dollars the cheapest rx 580 is 270 dollars so thats a win for the 1060
bpfoley89 (07:09 PM, August 2, 2017)
Right now you're paying twice as much for a 580 8GB as a 1060 6GB. And while the specs say one thing, actually gaming performance between these two cards depends more on which brand the game is optimized for more. If you look at videos with benchmarks from Gamersnexus, you'll see what I mean. They're trading blows game per game. Before the mining craze, I would've bought a 480 or 580 in a heartbeat. But once it started the prices of AMD cards were too high, and they were almost impossible to find. I sold my 380x on ebay, and it completely paid for my 1060 6GB, which was a 40% performance increase for me at zero cost. I like AMD, my next PC will be AMD, but at the moment it's just not priced right on the cards. I could actually get a 1080 for the price of a 580.
Lee Forsdike (05:37 AM, July 30, 2017)
how does any 1060 beat a rx 580.... this is a joke
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