GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 6G
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 6G has the GP106-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 6G GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
1280 Shader 3840
48 Render Output Units 96
80 Texture Units 240
0 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 6G clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.775 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 2.155 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.93 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 6G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

120 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 285 W
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 6G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 35-36 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 6G.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G 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 2x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 6G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 6G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

223 mm Length 286 mm
121 mm Height 112 mm
39 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 6G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N1060WF2-6GD Part-no GV-R68GAMING OC-16GD
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2020
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $
16 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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)

View all 3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing) benchmark results



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)

View all Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark results



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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
16 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
View all The Last of Us Part 1 benchmark results



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)

View all Battlefield 5 benchmark results



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)

View all FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) benchmark results



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