MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2
vs
XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 and the XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan is based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU), which has 896 shaders and 14 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 GPU XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU)
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 21 XL
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 14
1280 Shader 896
48 Render Output Units 16
80 Texture Units 56
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 clocks in the base with up to 1.544 GHz. The base frequency of the XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan is 1.176 GHz.

1.544 GHz Base Clock 1.176 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.196 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan has a TDP of 65 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 65 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

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 6GT OCV2.

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 is 243 mm long, 115 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan is 170 mm long, 121 mm high and 40 mm wide.

243 mm Length 170 mm
115 mm Height 121 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 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 99 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no RX-560D2SFG5
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2017
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 14 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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan
2 GB GDDR5
11 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan
2 GB GDDR5
33 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV2
6 GB GDDR5
75 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan
2 GB GDDR5
41 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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