INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB has 1152 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.94 TFLOPS.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

GPU

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 9 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB GPU MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 24 XT
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
1152 Shader 1024
48 Render Output Units 32
72 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 16

Memory

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB is equipped with a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G has a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 144 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is 2.815 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 2.200 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 2.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.61 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

120 W TDP 107 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 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 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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

220 mm Length 172 mm
98 mm Height 112 mm
-- Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 452 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, INNO3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3GB was released in Q3/2016.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers.

N106F-2SDN-L5GS Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2022
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 6 nm
-- 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)

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G
4 GB GDDR6
14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G
4 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G
4 GB GDDR6
31 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.

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G
4 GB GDDR6
30 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)

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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