MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC
vs
XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.76 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.51 TFLOPS.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.62 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.38 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC GPU XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip Navi 22 XT
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
1280 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 64
80 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 40

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC has a turbo clock of 1.759 GHz. The turbo frequency of the XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is 2.615 GHz.

1.544 GHz Base Clock 2.330 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 2.615 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.43 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC 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 XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

120 W TDP 230 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT 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 Non addressable LED

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

188 mm Length 267 mm
116 mm Height 110 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
484 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC was released in Q3/2016.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no RX-67TMYDFD8
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2021
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 479 $ (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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
2202

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)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
75 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
85 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 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
77 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
75 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
196 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

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
34602
XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
98204

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
35302
XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
110041

Geekbench 6 - Metal

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
153192

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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