NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7970

On the Atlas performance index the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q is about 1% faster. They launched 6 years apart.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q71
AMD Radeon HD 797070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-QAMD Radeon HD 7970
Released 2017 2011
Family GP106 Southern Islands
Video memory 6 GB 3 GB
Clock 1063 MHz 925 MHz
Process 16 nm 28 nm
Power (TDP) 80 W 250 W
Launch price – $549
Performance index 71 70

Green marks the better value in each row. Less power, a smaller process and a lower price count as better.

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