GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.59 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.61 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 has 1152 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.76 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.06 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 32 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 9 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Navi 23 XT GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Pascal
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
2048 Shader 1152
64 Render Output Units 48
128 Texture Units 72
32 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 has a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G has a turbo clock of 2.589 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 is 1.759 GHz.

1.968 GHz Base Clock 1.544 GHz
2.589 GHz Boost Clock 1.759 GHz
2.36 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G 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 100 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 No
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

282 mm Length 188 mm
113 mm Height 116 mm
41 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 450 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G was released in Q3/2021.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

GV-R66XTEAGLE-8GD Part-no --
Q3/2021 Release date Q3/2016
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
7 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)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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 Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1
3 GB GDDR5
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 XT Eagle 8G
8 GB GDDR6
151 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1
3 GB GDDR5
67 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

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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