NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile vs AMD Radeon R9 285X

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 285X. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GP106GPU NameTonga
N17E-G1-A1Model numberTonga XT
PascalArchitectureGCN 3.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
16 nmProcess Size28 nm
4,400 millionTransistors5,000 million
200 mm²Die Size366 mm²

Graphics Card

Aug 15th, 2016Release DateNever Released
GeForce 10 MobileFamilyVolcanic Islands
(R9 200)
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 900MPredecessorSea Islands
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

6 GBMemory Size3 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus384 bit
192.2 GB/sBandwidth264.0 GB/s

Performance

80.16 GPixel/sPixel fillrate32.06 GPixel/s
133.6 GTexel/sTexture fillrate128.3 GTexel/s
4.275 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance4.104 TFLOPS

Clock Speeds

2002 MHz
8 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1375 MHz
5.5 Gbps effective

Render Config

1280Shading Units2048
80TMUs128
48ROPs32
48 KB (per SM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
1536 KBL2 Cache768 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
80 WThermal design power (TDP)200 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
E2914 SKU 30Board NumberC765

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (12_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL2.0
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.4Shader Model6.3