AMD Radeon Instinct MI8 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Fiji | GP106 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Fiji XT | GP106-300-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | Pascal |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Number of transistors | 8,900 million | 4,400 million |
| Die size | 596 mm² | 200 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 12th, 2016 | Aug 18th, 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon Instinct | GeForce 10 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 900 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 20 |
| Launch price | — | 199 USD |
| Reviews | — | 117 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 1000 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 2002 MHz 8 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1506 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1708 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 3 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | HBM | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 4096 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 4096 | 1152 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 256 | 72 |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| Compute units | 64 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 48 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | 1536 KB |
| SM count | — | 9 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 64.00 GPixel/s | 81.98 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 256.0 GTexel/s | 123.0 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 8.192 TFLOPS (1:1) | 61.49 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 8.192 TFLOPS | 3.935 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 512.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | 123.0 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 152 mm 6 inches | 250 mm 9.8 inches |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 175 W | 120 W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | — | PG410 SKU 20 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 6.1 |
