EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB
vs
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB has the GP106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT OC is based on the graphics chip Navi 14 XTX, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB GPU ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 14 XTX
Pascal Architecture RDNA 1
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1152 Shader 1408
48 Render Output Units 32
72 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT OC is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 8 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 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.865 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.74 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.

120 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 38 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

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
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 280 mm
111 mm Height 127 mm
38 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT OC came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

03G-P4-5160-KR Part-no ROG-STRIX-RX5500XT-O8G-GAMING
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2019
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 169 $ (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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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