GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs Radeon R9 FURY X
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon R9 FURY X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB stacks up against Radeon R9 FURY X, check out specs charts below.
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Main Specs
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Radeon R9 FURY X
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
275 Watt
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
2x 8-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 X 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 X.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 FURY X - with GCN 3.0.
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 FURY X - by 28 nm process technology.
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is 59 mm longer, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is 6950 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
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 X.
high / 1080p
80−85
80−85
ultra / 1080p
70−75
70−75
QHD / 1440p
55−60
55−60
4K / 2160p
30−33
27−30
low / 720p
130−140
130−140
medium / 1080p
90−95
90−95
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon R9 FURY X have the same average FPS in Battlefield 5.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon R9 FURY X have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
250−260
250−260
medium / 768p
230−240
230−240
QHD / 1440p
150−160
150−160
4K / 2160p
100−110
100−110
high / 768p
220−230
220−230
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon R9 FURY X have the same average FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
low / 768p
70−75
70−75
medium / 1080p
50−55
50−55
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon R9 FURY X have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p
120−130
120−130
medium / 768p
110−120
110−120
ultra / 1080p
110−120
110−120
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon R9 FURY X have the same average FPS in Dota 2.
high / 1080p
65−70
65−70
ultra / 1080p
60−65
60−65
QHD / 1440p
40−45
40−45
4K / 2160p
21−24
21−24
low / 720p
100−110
100−110
medium / 1080p
70−75
65−70
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB in Far Cry 5 is 1% more, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
high / 1080p
95−100
90−95
ultra / 1080p
75−80
70−75
QHD / 1440p
45−50
45−50
4K / 2160p
21−24
21−24
low / 720p
220−230
220−230
medium / 1080p
150−160
140−150
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB in Fortnite is 4% more, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
high / 1080p
90−95
85−90
ultra / 1080p
70−75
65−70
QHD / 1440p
50−55
50−55
4K / 2160p
35−40
30−35
low / 720p
140−150
130−140
medium / 1080p
95−100
90−95
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB in Forza Horizon 4 is 6% more, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
low / 768p
160−170
160−170
medium / 768p
150−160
150−160
high / 1080p
100−110
95−100
ultra / 1080p
50−55
45−50
QHD / 1440p
40−45
40−45
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB in Grand Theft Auto V is 2% more, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
high / 1080p
40−45
35−40
ultra / 1080p
30−35
30−35
QHD / 1440p
24−27
24−27
4K / 2160p
14−16
14−16
low / 720p
95−100
95−100
medium / 1080p
55−60
50−55
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB in Metro Exodus is 4% more, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
low / 768p
120−130
120−130
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon R9 FURY X have the same average FPS in Minecraft.
high / 1080p
80−85
75−80
ultra / 1080p
60−65
55−60
4K / 2160p
18−20
18−20
low / 720p
120−130
120−130
medium / 1080p
90−95
85−90
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 4% more, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
high / 1080p
35−40
35−40
ultra / 1080p
24−27
24−27
QHD / 1440p
18−20
16−18
4K / 2160p
12−14
10−12
low / 720p
95−100
95−100
medium / 1080p
55−60
55−60
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon R9 FURY X have the same average FPS in Red Dead Redemption 2.
low / 768p
190−200
190−200
medium / 768p
130−140
120−130
high / 1080p
75−80
70−75
ultra / 1080p
40−45
40−45
4K / 2160p
27−30
24−27
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 3% more, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
low / 768p
130−140
120−130
ultra / 1080p
65−70
65−70
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB in World of Tanks is 5% more, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
Full Specs
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Radeon R9 FURY X
Architecture
Pascal
GCN 3.0
Code name
GP106
Fiji
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
19 July 2016
24 June 2015
Pipelines
1280
4096
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
Boost Clock
1708 MHz
1050 MHz
Transistor count
4,400 million
8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
136.7
268.8
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
8,602 gflops
Length
250 mm
191 mm
Memory bus width
192 Bit
4096 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
1050 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)
858 Mh/s
Eyefinity
+
HD3D
+
PowerTune
+
TrueAudio
+
Mantle
+
Design
reference
Bridgeless CrossFire
+
Number of Eyefinity displays
6
DisplayPort support
+
CrossFire
+
VCE
+
DDMA audio
+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
33.4 Mh/s
Compute units
64
AppAcceleration
+
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
+
LiquidVR
+
TressFX
+
UVD
+
FRTC
+
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