MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G and the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo is based on AMD Radeon RX 5700, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G GPU ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 10
Pascal Architecture RDNA 1
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1152 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 64
72 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 8 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 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo is 1.610 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.610 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.750 GHz
1.73 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
94 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 80 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 44 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 GAMING 3G.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo 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
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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 GAMING 3G is 277 mm long, 140 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo is 282 mm long, 128 mm high and 54 mm wide.

277 mm Length 282 mm
140 mm Height 128 mm
39 mm Width 54 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1017 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 OC Evo was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 349 $.

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Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2019
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 349 $
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

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)

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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