EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB
vs
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB and the XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB GPU XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
1152 Shader 5120
48 Render Output Units 128
72 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is 1.825 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.835 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 Decode
No VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB is 173 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is 237 mm long, 120 mm high and 40 mm wide.

173 mm Length 237 mm
111 mm Height 120 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 1,099 $.

03G-P4-6162-KR Part-no RX-69TMATFD8
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2021
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,099 $
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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
9889

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
3619

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)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 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)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 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)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
48 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
70 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 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

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
235478

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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