AMD Radeon RX 570 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

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Radeon RX 570 compared with GeForce GTX 1060

	AMDRadeon RX 570	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1060
Overview
Released
Released	April 2017	July 2016
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	GCN 4	Pascal
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,048	1,280 or 1,152
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,244 MHz	1,708 MHz or –
Architecture
Architecture	Fourth-generation GCN (Polaris), 128 texture units, 32 ROPs and 5.7 billion transistors. AMD's retained support page is labelled RX 570 (OEM) and includes slower OEM clocks; the original retail baseline and both named MSI ARMOR configurations use the published maximum 1,244 MHz. Photo shows MSI ARMOR 4G, not an AMD reference board.	Main figures and photo describe the original 6 GB Founders Edition. The 3 GB card has 1152 CUDA cores rather than 1280. Later 9 Gbps GDDR5 and GDDR5X cards were partner designs; unpublished general revision figures remain blank in their configurations.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	14 nm (PCWorld and Les Numériques)	16 nm FinFET (original GP106)
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated hardware ray accelerators	No dedicated RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	–	No Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	–	No NVIDIA DLSS
Base clock
Base clock	AMD publishes a 926–1,168 MHz OEM range; the original retail baseline is 1,168 MHz (PCWorld). Both named MSI ARMOR boards publish up to 1,244 MHz core frequency without a separate base figure.	1506 MHz base and 1708 MHz boost for the original 6 GB and stock-clock 3 GB cards. MSI GAMING X+ 6G (9 Gbps GDDR5) has 1708 MHz boost in Silent Mode, 1784 MHz Gaming Mode and 1809 MHz OC Mode. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC specifies 1544 MHz base and 1759 MHz boost; these factory OC figures are not assigned to every GDDR5X card.
Cache
Cache	–	1536 KB L2 cache (original GP106)
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	4 GB GDDR5 or 8 GB GDDR5	6 GB GDDR5, 3 GB GDDR5 or 6 GB GDDR5X
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit (better)	192-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s or –	192 GB/s or –
Memory detail
Memory detail	MSI ARMOR 4G and 8G both specify 7,000 MHz effective GDDR5. AMD publishes up to 224 GB/s for the GPU, but MSI does not state bandwidth separately for either capacity; the 8 GB configuration therefore omits it.	Original 6 GB and 3 GB cards have 8 Gbps GDDR5, 192-bit bus and 192 GB/s bandwidth. NVIDIA confirms the later 9 Gbps GDDR5 refresh; MSI GAMING X+ lists 9026 MHz Gaming/Silent and 9126 MHz OC memory speed. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC verifies 6 GB GDDR5X, 192-bit bus and 8008 MHz memory speed, but publishes no bandwidth figure. Later revisions' first-sale dates are unverified.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	150 W	120 W or –
Interface
Interface	–	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort, 1 × HDMI and dual-link DVI-D on both MSI ARMOR boards. AMD lists DisplayPort 1.4 HDR and HDMI 4K60 support, but DVI as No; partner outputs differ.	Original Founders Edition has 3 × DisplayPort 1.3/1.4, HDMI 2.0b and dual-link DVI; partner outputs vary
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	–	7680 × 4320 (PNY stock 3 GB specification)
Power connector
Power connector	One 8-pin on both MSI ARMOR boards	1 × PCIe 6-pin on the original Founders Edition and stock PNY 3 GB; MSI GAMING X+ uses 1 × 8-pin, and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC uses 1 × 8-pin plus 1 × 6-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	450 W	400 W (PNY stock 3 GB, MSI GAMING X+ and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC)
Slot width
Slot width	–	2-slot original Founders Edition; partner cards vary
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	246 × 130 × 39 mm and 622 g for both MSI ARMOR 4G and 8G; MSI publishes PCI Express x16 without a generation in these datasheets	–
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	H.264 and H.265/HEVC encoding and decoding; HDMI 4K60 support	–