GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X
vs
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X) (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X has the GP104-150-KA-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X GPU ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X) Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GP104-150-KA-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
1280 Shader 5120
48 Render Output Units 128
80 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X clocks at 1.001 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.001 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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.518 GHz Base Clock 1.900 GHz
1.733 GHz Boost Clock 2.340 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.11 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

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 GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 34 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X.

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 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 v2.1
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
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 Decode
No VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

228 mm Length 320 mm
132 mm Height 140 mm
42 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1700 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

60NRJ7DSV8OC Part-no TUF-RX6900XT-O16G-GAMING
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2020
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $
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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
119 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
131 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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