AMD Radeon RX 6700 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6700

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1941 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 2450 MHz vs 1709 MHz
2580.8x more texture fill rate: 352.8 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Around 80% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
Around 67% higher maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 6 GB

Launch date	9 Jun 2021 vs 5 January 2018
Core clock speed	1941 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	2450 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate	352.8 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	10 GB vs 6 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 175 Watt
4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 175 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6700	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060
PassMark - G3D Mark	19229
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2019
Geekbench - OpenCL	92400
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14345

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6700	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 22	GP106
Launch date	9 Jun 2021	5 January 2018
Place in performance rating	71	72
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2450 MHz	1709 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1941 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	705.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	22.58 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.29 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	1280
Pixel fill rate	156.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	352.8 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	250 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 inches
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	10 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5