NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

121
Place in performance rating
6
43.49
Value for money (0-100)
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Pascal
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2
GP106
Code name
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Desktop
Type
no data
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
18 November 2020 (1 year ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$649
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$1713 (2.6x MSRP)
28.31
Value for money
17.75
GP106
GPU code name
Navi 21
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
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1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1825 MHz
1709 MHz
Boost Clock
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4,400 million
Transistor count
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16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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136.7
Texture fill rate
648.0
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4608
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
2250 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
26,800 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
300 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
250 mm
Length
267 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
512.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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G-SYNC support
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+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
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Multi Monitor
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6.1
CUDA
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+
Multi-Projection
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G-SYNC
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
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4.6
OpenGL
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1.2.131
Vulkan
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6.4
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Cheaper ($525 (1.8x MSRP) vs $1713 (2.6x MSRP))

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

38.91% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB versus AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

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