This paper is dedicated to comparative analysis of nonlinear damping in the oscillating systems. More specifically, we present the particular results for linear and nonlinear viscous dampers, fractional damper, as well as for the hysteretic damper in linear and nonlinear (Duffing-like) oscillating systems. We consider a constructive mathematical model of the damper with hysteretic properties on the basis of the Ishlinskii-Prandtl model. Numerical results for the observable characteristics, such as the force transmission function and the “force-displacement” transmission function are obtained and analyzed for both cases of the periodic affection, as well as for the impulse affection (in the form of δ-function). A comparison of an efficiency (in terms of the corresponding transmission functions) of the nonlinear viscous damper and the hysteretic damper is also presented and discussed.