MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G is based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 14 XTX
Pascal Architecture RDNA 1
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1152 Shader 1408
48 Render Output Units 32
72 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G can access 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 clocks in the base with up to 1.544 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G is 1.607 GHz.

1.544 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 41 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 is 243 mm long, 115 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G is 225 mm long, 119 mm high and 40 mm wide.

243 mm Length 225 mm
115 mm Height 119 mm
39 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
556 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 169 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-R55XTOC-4GD
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2019
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 169 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 7 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

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G
4 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G
4 GB GDDR6
38 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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G
4 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2
3 GB GDDR5
46 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G
4 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2
3 GB GDDR5
67 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G
4 GB GDDR6
79 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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