GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop vs Radeon RX 590
The GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop is significantly faster than the Radeon RX 590, leading by roughly 29% in our performance index.
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GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop vs Radeon RX 590: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop vs Radeon RX 590
The GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop is significantly faster, around 29% ahead of the Radeon RX 590. Both cards sit in the same broad class, well suited to entry-level 1080p.
Power & Efficiency
The GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop draws just 80W versus 225W for the Radeon RX 590, and it also delivers more performance per watt — so it runs cooler and quieter and needs less PSU headroom.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
With 8GB against 6GB, the Radeon RX 590 has more headroom for 4K textures and memory-hungry creative/AI tasks where the GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop's 6GB can fall short.
Generation & Longevity
The Radeon RX 590 is roughly 2 years newer than the GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop (GCN 4.0 (Polaris) vs Pascal), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop brings NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing, while the Radeon RX 590 offers AMD FSR upscaling and strong rasterization value. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop or Radeon RX 590?
The GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop is the faster card by about 29%. Since one of these is a laptop GPU, its listed price covers the whole system rather than just the chip, so it isn't directly comparable — base your decision on the spec differences above.
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Technical Specifications Comparison
Architecture & Cores
| Specification | GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop | Radeon RX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 4.0 (Polaris) |
| Process Node | TSMC 16nm | GloFo 12nm |
| CUDA Cores (CUDA Cores / Stream Processors) | 1,280 | 2,304✓ |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 0 | — |
| Tensor / AI Cores | 0 | — |
Clock Speeds
| Specification | GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop | Radeon RX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 1,404 MHz | 1,469 MHz✓ |
| Boost Clock | 1,670 MHz✓ | 1,545 MHz |
Memory
| Specification | GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop | Radeon RX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM Capacity | 6 GB | 8 GB✓ |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit✓ |
| Memory Speed | 8 Gbps | 8 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 256 GB/s✓ |
Connectivity & Power
| Specification | GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop | Radeon RX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TDP | 80 W✓ | 225 W |
| Power Connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
| Released | Aug 2016 | Nov 2018 |