AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1709 MHz
5267x more texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 5120 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
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17213 vs 14345
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17213 vs 14345

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Oct 2020 vs 5 January 2018
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5120 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17213 vs 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17213 vs 14345

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

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 6900 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17213

14345

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17213

14345

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	26856
PassMark - G2D Mark	1048
Geekbench - OpenCL	161057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17213	14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17213	14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	20909

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 21	GP106
Launch date	28 Oct 2020	5 January 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$299
Place in performance rating	70	72
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz	1709 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	1280
Pixel fill rate	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot
Height	50 mm (2 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	250 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	120 mm (4.7 inches)
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	16 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5