The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G has the Polaris 21 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Memory Size
2 GB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
192 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
192 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Base Clock
1.199 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.300 GHz
1.708 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.29 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TDP
75 W
120 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 75 W.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 80 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. resolution
5120x2880
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Length
190 mm
250 mm
Height
111 mm
111 mm
Width
37 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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