MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G
vs
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.75 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.48 TFLOPS.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.61 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.68 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G GPU ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip Navi 23 XT
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
1280 Shader 2048
48 Render Output Units 64
80 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

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

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 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 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G has a turbo clock of 1.746 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is 2.607 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 2.000 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 2.607 GHz
1.73 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.40 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is equipped with a 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 160 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC 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
MSI Mystic Light LED ASUS Aura Sync

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 GAMING VR 6G is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

277 mm Length 243 mm
140 mm Height 134 mm
39 mm Width 49 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1010 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

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

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC published in Q3/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2021
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (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)

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)

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
8 GB GDDR6
58 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)

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
8 GB GDDR6
70 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 GAMING VR 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
8 GB GDDR6
107 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G
6 GB GDDR5
75 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
8 GB GDDR6
152 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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