MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X
vs
Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (RDNA 1) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X has the Navi 10 XLE graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V is based on the graphics chip GP106-400-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X GPU Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Navi 10 XLE GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Pascal
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
2304 Shader 1280
64 Render Output Units 48
144 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.420 GHz Base Clock 1.544 GHz
1.750 GHz Boost Clock 1.759 GHz
1.62 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.

The Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
28 dB Noise (Idle) dB
33 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X.

The Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

297 mm Length --
140 mm Height --
58 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
1401 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q1/2020.

The Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2020 Release date Q3/2016
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 16 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)

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)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X
6 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X
6 GB GDDR6
58 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 Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X
6 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)
Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X
6 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)
Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X
6 GB GDDR6
127 fps (avg)
Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V Colorful GeForce GTX 1060 NB 6G-V
6 GB GDDR5
75 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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