AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 53% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1506 MHz
- Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1708 MHz
- 1465x more texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 16 nm
- Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 120 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
- Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 772
- Around 50% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 48727 vs 32384
- Around 51% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 235 vs 156
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 19 Jan 2022 vs 18 August 2016 |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz vs 1506 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2815 MHz vs 1708 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 180.2 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm vs 16 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 107 Watt vs 120 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 3 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 812 vs 772 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 48727 vs 32384 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 235 vs 156 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
- Around 13% higher pipelines: 1152 vs 1024
- 3.6x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
- Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9796 vs 9583
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 1152 vs 1024 |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9796 vs 9583 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 812 | 772 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9583 | 9796 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 48727 | 32384 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 235 | 156 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 115.073 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1325.07 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.057 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 31.946 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 425.709 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10566 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3697 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3338 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10566 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3697 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3338 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Pascal |
| Code name | Navi 24 | GP106 |
| Launch date | 19 Jan 2022 | 18 August 2016 |
| Place in performance rating | 216 | 388 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2815 MHz | 1708 MHz |
| Compute units | 16 | |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 16 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 360.3 GFLOPS (1:16) | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 11.53 TFLOPS (2:1) | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 5.765 TFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 1152 |
| Pixel fill rate | 90.08 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 180.2 GTexel/s | 123.0 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 107 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5400 million | 4,400 million |
| Floating-point performance | 3,935 gflops | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 300 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Length | 250 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s | 192.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective | 8008 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
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