AMD Radeon RX 6800M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 RX 6800M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1709 MHz
3021.2x more texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17137 vs 14345
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17137 vs 14345

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2021 vs 5 January 2018
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17137 vs 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17137 vs 14345

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

Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 230 Watt
4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 230 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17137

14345

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17137

14345

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	13297
PassMark - G2D Mark	549
Geekbench - OpenCL	87809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17137	14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	18453
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	16764
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17137	14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	18453
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	16764
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11258

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 22	GP106
Launch date	2021	5 January 2018
Place in performance rating	74	72
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz	1709 MHz
Compute units	40
Core clock speed	2321 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	1280
Pixel fill rate	165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	17200 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
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		250 mm
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5