GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB
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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 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.

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

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is based on the graphics chip Navi 14 XTX, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.

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

The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

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

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

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 135 W.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is 7680x4320 pixels.

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.

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

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

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

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.