Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile outperforms Radeon R9 280 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is 895 days newer than Radeon R9 280.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
- Performs up to 60% better in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Radeon R9 280 - 40 vs 25 FPS
- Consumes up to 60% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 80 vs 200 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 6 vs 3 GB
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
Mobile • Aug 15th, 2016
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
Mobile • Aug 15th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
80.16 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
133.6 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile | vs | AMD Radeon R9 280 |
|---|---|---|
Aug 15th, 2016 | Release Date | Mar 4th, 2014 |
| GeForce 10 Mobile | Generation | Volcanic Islands |
| Not Available | MSRP | $279 |
| None | Outputs | 1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
6 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 192.2 GB/s | Bandwidth | 240 GB/s |
1404 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 827 MHz |
1670 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 933 MHz |
2002 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
