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Radeon HD 8970M vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Radeon HD 8970M vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

vs
FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

6 GB GDDR5 | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Logo
SRhonyra Geforce GTX 1060 6GB Low Profile Graphics Card GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 X16 160 Bits SFF GPU HDMI DisplayPort Dual Displays

Buy for $249.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 200 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

6 GB GDDR5 | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Logo
SRhonyra Geforce GTX 1060 6GB Low Profile Graphics Card GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 X16 160 Bits SFF GPU HDMI DisplayPort Dual Displays

Buy for $249.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 200 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Radeon HD 8970M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is 1162 days newer than Radeon HD 8970M.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8970M

  • Consumes up to 17% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB - 100 vs 120 Watts

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

  • Performs up to 8% better in FIFA 23 than Radeon HD 8970M - 152 vs 141 FPS
  • Up to 50% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 6 vs 4 GB
This is a free version of FIFA 23.
FIFA 23

FIFA 23

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013


FPS

141

92%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Logo
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Desktop • Jul 19th, 2016


FPS

152

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.64/FPS

100%

Price, $

$249.95

100%

FPS and Value Winner

SRhonyra Geforce GTX 1060 6GB Low Profile Graphics Card GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 X16 160 Bits SFF GPU HDMI DisplayPort Dual Displays

Buy for $249.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 200 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Logo
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Desktop • Jul 19th, 2016

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

28.8 GPixel/s

35%

Texel Fillrate

72 GTexel/s

52%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Logo
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Desktop • Jul 19th, 2016


Pixel Fillrate

82.03 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

136.7 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo

AMD Radeon HD 8970M

vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

May 14th, 2013Release Date
Jul 19th, 2016
Solar SystemGenerationGeForce 10
Not AvailableMSRP$299
NoneOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
6 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
256-bitBus192-bit
153.6 GB/sBandwidth
192.2 GB/s
850 MHzBase Clock Speed
1506 MHz
900 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1709 MHz
1200 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2002 MHz

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