AMD Radeon R9 390
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon R9 390
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R9 390  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB.

148
Place in performance rating
121
19.18
Value for money (0-100)
43.49
GCN 2.0
Architecture
Pascal
Grenada
Code name
GP106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
18 June 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$320 (1x MSRP)
Price now
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
31.34
Value for money
28.31
Grenada
GPU code name
GP106
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 390  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

2560
Pipelines
1280
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Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1709 MHz
6,200 million
Transistor count
4,400 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
275 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
160.0
Texture fill rate
136.7
5,120 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
6,200 million
Number of transistors
4,400 million
275 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 390 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
250 mm
1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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1
Bridgeless CrossFire
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R9 390 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
512 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
384 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
-
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R9 390 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
+
1
Eyefinity
no data
6
Number of Eyefinity displays
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
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CUDA
6.1
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Multi-Projection
+
-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
-
HD3D
no data
+
PowerTune
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
VCE
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
no data
G-SYNC
+
-
Enduro
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 390 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.3
Shader Model
6.4
2.0
OpenCL
1.2
+
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 390 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 390 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 390

Cheaper ($320 (1x MSRP) vs $525 (1.8x MSRP))

More pipelines (2560 vs 1280)

More memory bandwidth (384 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

7.19% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 275 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Radeon R9 390 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB .

AMD Radeon R9 390 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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Passmark

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User rating

4.4 Out of 60 Hitesti Score
4.1 Out of 957 Hitesti Score