EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB vs Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB and the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB	GPU	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE
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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is 1.607 GHz.
1.607 GHz	Base Clock	1.607 GHz
1.835 GHz	Boost Clock	1.845 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock	1.74 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE has a TDP of 135 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
120 W	TDP	135 W
--	TDP (up)	--
94 °C	Tjunction max	95 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB has a total of 2 Axial fans. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	2 x 95 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	41 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE supports a maximum of 4 screens.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4	DP Ports	2x DP v1.4
1	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12_1
No	Raytracing	No
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	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	No
No	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode / Encode

Dimensions The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is 257 mm long, 133 mm high and 44 mm wide.
267 mm	Length	257 mm
111 mm	Height	133 mm
--	Width	44 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference). The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 169 $ (Reference).
03G-P4-6167-KR	Part-no	11295-05-20G
Q3/2016	Release date	Q3/2019
199 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	169 $ (Reference)
16 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB
1.607 GHz, 3 GB (120 W TDP)

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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE
1.607 GHz, 8 GB (135 W TDP)

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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


	EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB 3 GB GDDR5	1751
	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	2189

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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)


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	38 fps (avg)

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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


	EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB 3 GB GDDR5	34027
	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	46596

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB 3 GB GDDR5	35315
	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	42867

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	55217

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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)


	EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GAMING 3GB 3 GB GDDR5	4.23
	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	5.2

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GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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