GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.81 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.64 TFLOPS.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has 5120 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.25 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 23.04 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G GPU Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GP106-400-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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

6 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G has a turbo clock of 1.809 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 2.250 GHz.

1.569 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.809 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
No VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

297 mm Length 267 mm
114 mm Height 120 mm
40 mm Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G was released in Q3/2016.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

GV-N1060G1 ROCK-6GD Part-no 21308-01-20G
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2021
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $ (Reference)
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)

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

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire 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)

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

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire 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)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G
6 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G
6 GB GDDR5
57 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G
6 GB GDDR5
77 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire 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

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire 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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