GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G vs ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G and the ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units. ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G	GPU	ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GP106-400-A1	GPU Chip	Navi 14 XTX
Pascal	Architecture	RDNA 1
10	Streaming Multiprocessors	22
1280	Shader	1408
48	Render Output Units	32
80	Texture Units	88
0	Raytracing Cores	0

Memory The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s. The ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC can access 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
6 GB	Memory Size	4 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC is 1.685 GHz.
1.506 GHz	Base Clock	1.685 GHz
1.746 GHz	Boost Clock	1.845 GHz
1.71 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	1.74 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector. The ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
120 W	TDP	130 W
--	TDP (up)	--
94 °C	Tjunction max	95 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G has a total of 2 Axial fans. The ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	2 x 90 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	40 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G. The ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4
1	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12_1
No	Raytracing	No
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	No LED lighting

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G is 278 mm long, 114 mm high and 40 mm wide. The ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC is 241 mm long, 127 mm high and 42 mm wide.
278 mm	Length	241 mm
114 mm	Height	127 mm
40 mm	Width	42 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference). The ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 169 $ (Reference).
GV-N1060D5-6GD	Part-no	RX5500XT CLD 4GO
Q3/2016	Release date	Q3/2019
249 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	169 $ (Reference)
16 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G
1.506 GHz, 6 GB (120 W TDP)

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ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC
1.685 GHz, 4 GB (130 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


	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G 6 GB GDDR5	1858
	ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC 4 GB GDDR6	2189

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G 6 GB GDDR5	823

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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)


	ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC 4 GB GDDR6	20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC 4 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


	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G 6 GB GDDR5	34372
	ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC 4 GB GDDR6	46596

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G 6 GB GDDR5	35067
	ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC 4 GB GDDR6	42867

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC 4 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)


	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G 6 GB GDDR5	4.48
	ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC 4 GB GDDR6	5.2

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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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