AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1708 MHz
4850.3x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
3.6x more pipelines: 4608 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25004 vs 8160
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1025 vs 444
5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154220 vs 31098
5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 111.55
6.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 8.49
14.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 19.803
5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 509.222
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16849 vs 12645
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3720 vs 3654
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16849 vs 12645
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3720 vs 3654

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Oct 2020 vs 15 August 2016
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1708 MHz
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4608 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25004 vs 8160
PassMark - G2D Mark	1025 vs 444
Geekbench - OpenCL	154220 vs 31098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	578.52 vs 111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	52.561 vs 8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	291.971 vs 19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2700.97 vs 509.222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16849 vs 12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720 vs 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3374 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16849 vs 12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720 vs 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3374 vs 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3689 vs 3677

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

8160

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1025

444

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

154220

31098

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

578.52

111.55

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

52.561

8.49

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

291.971

19.803

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2700.97

509.222

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16849

12645

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

3654

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3374

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16849

12645

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

3654

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3374

3359

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3689

3677

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
PassMark - G3D Mark	25004	8160
PassMark - G2D Mark	1025	444
Geekbench - OpenCL	154220	31098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	578.52	111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	52.561	8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	291.971	19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2700.97	509.222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16849	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720	3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3374	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16849	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720	3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3374	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3689	3677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1371.266

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 21	GP106B
Launch date	28 Oct 2020	15 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$237.11
Place in performance rating	71	385
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Price now		$229.99
Value for money (0-100)		49.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz	1708 MHz
Compute units	72
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4608	1280
Pixel fill rate	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s	133.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	4,400 million
CUDA cores		1280
Floating-point performance		4,275 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	50 mm (2 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Width	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	192 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready