AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 2055 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 2635 MHz vs 1709 MHz
2467.4x more texture fill rate: 337.3 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 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 914 vs 747
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17137 vs 10079
2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1859 vs 907
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 87479 vs 35369

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 May 2022 vs 19 July 2016
Core clock speed	2055 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate	337.3 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 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	914 vs 747
PassMark - G3D Mark	17137 vs 10079
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1859 vs 907
Geekbench - OpenCL	87479 vs 35369

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 176 Watt
3.7x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 176 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

914

747

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17137

10079

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1859

907

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

87479

35369

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	914	747
PassMark - G3D Mark	17137	10079
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1859	907
Geekbench - OpenCL	87479	35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3340

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 23	GP106
Launch date	10 May 2022	19 July 2016
Place in performance rating	106	356
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz	1709 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	2055 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	674.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21.59 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.79 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	1280
Pixel fill rate	168.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	337.3 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	176 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		250 mm
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	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	280.3 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5