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MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC
MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.26 GHz · 150 W Speed index 4/100

The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.26 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.57 TFLOPS.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB GDDR5 · 1.71 GHz · 120 W Speed index 3/100

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1152 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 3.94 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC is 16 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Speed index
4/100
3/100
FP32
4.57 TFLOPS
3.94 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.26 GHz
1.71 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
3 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
192 GB/s
TDP
150 W
120 W
Launch Price
169 $
199 $

GPU

GPUMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Based onAMD Radeon RX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GPU ChipPolaris 20 XLGP106-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors329
Shader20481152
Render Output Units3248
Texture Units12872
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 32 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 9 execution units.

Memory

MemoryMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Memory Size8 GB3 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.750 GHz2.002 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s192 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit192 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Base Clock1.178 GHz1.506 GHz
Boost Clock1.256 GHz1.708 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC has a turbo clock of 1.256 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 1.708 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TDP150 W120 W
Tjunction max90 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT 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 90 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 90 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.4
DVI11
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX1212_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeNo
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Length237 mm250 mm
Height114 mm111 mm
Width42 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight610 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2017Q3/2016
Launch Price169 $199 $
Structure size14 nm16 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC was released in Q2/2017.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

Benchmark results

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) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB +7.7 %

  1. 26 fps (avg)
  2. 28 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC +11.1 %

  1. 50 fps (avg)
  2. 45 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC +13.8 %

  1. 74 fps (avg)
  2. 65 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 Radeon RX 570 8GT OC +24.0 %

  1. 39,290
  2. 31,694

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC +7.9 %

  1. 35,480
  2. 32,894

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 38,523
  2. no data

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