GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 6GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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 PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 6GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

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 PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 6GB is based on the graphics chip GP106-400-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G GPU PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 6GB
AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Polaris 21 XT GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Pascal
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
1024 Shader 1280
16 Render Output Units 48
64 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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 PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 6GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.199 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.300 GHz Boost Clock 1.708 GHz
1.29 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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 PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 6GB has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

75 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 6GB has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 6GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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 PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 6GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 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 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 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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 PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 6GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

190 mm Length 255 mm
111 mm Height 126 mm
37 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2G has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2017.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 6GB came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

GV-RX560GAMING OC-2GD Part-no VCGGTX10606PB-CG
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2016
99 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 16 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)

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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