GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs Radeon R9 Fury

In this comparison between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon R9 Fury you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB will be the best choice, for others Radeon R9 Fury will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Radeon R9 Fury
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 275 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 6.144 MB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 Fury has 129% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 Fury.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 Fury - with GCN 1.2.
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 Fury - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is 7500 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 Fury.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 50−55
ultra / 1080p 35−40 30−35
QHD / 1440p 27−30 27−30
4K / 2160p 16−18 14−16
low / 720p 80−85 75−80
medium / 1080p 60−65 60−65
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4% more, than Radeon R9 Fury.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Radeon R9 Fury
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.2
Code name GP106 Fiji
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 19 July 2016 16 June 2015
Pipelines 1280 3584
Core clock speed 1506 MHz
Boost Clock 1708 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 4,400 million 8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 136.7 224.0
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 7,168 gflops
Length 250 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB/s 512 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
CUDA 6.1
G-SYNC +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 800 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Compute units 56
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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