AMD Radeon Pro W6600X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 2068 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 2479 MHz vs 1709 MHz
2321.1x more texture fill rate: 317.3 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 5 GB
Around 92% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67420 vs 35054

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 26 December 2017
Core clock speed	2068 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 5 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420 vs 35054

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

67420

35054

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420	35054
PassMark - G3D Mark		9092
PassMark - G2D Mark		619
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3917

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 23	GP106
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	26 December 2017
Place in performance rating	301	303
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz	1709 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	2068 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	2048	1280
Pixel fill rate	158.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	Apple MPX	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	5 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	160.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5