ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 216 GB/s.

GPU

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has the Navi 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps is based on the graphics chip GP106-400-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Navi 10 XT GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Pascal
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
2560 Shader 1280
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps is 9.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.257 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.257 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 9.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 216 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.605 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.905 GHz Boost Clock 1.860 GHz
1.76 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.84 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 225 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

225 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
99 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

285 mm Length 280 mm
127 mm Height 111 mm
42 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G Part-no GV-N1060AORUS-6GD
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2016
429 $ Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
16 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps
6 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
149 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G 9Gbps
6 GB GDDR5
80 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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