ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB and the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming is based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB GPU MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 10 XLE
Pascal Architecture RDNA 1
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1152 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 64
72 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.569 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming is 1.185 GHz.

1.569 GHz Base Clock 1.185 GHz
1.809 GHz Boost Clock 1.600 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.42 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) 195 W
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 28 dB
-- Noise (Load) 33 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB is 242 mm long, 130 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming is 297 mm long, 140 mm high and 58 mm wide.

242 mm Length 297 mm
130 mm Height 140 mm
43 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1401 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming was introduced in Q1/2020 at a price of 279 $ (Reference).

DUAL-GTX1060-O3G Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2020
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 7 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

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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming
6 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming
6 GB GDDR6
53 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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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