NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6600


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.38 TFLOPS.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 has 1792 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.49 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.93 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 6600 is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 GPU AMD Radeon RX 6600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip Navi 23 XL
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1280 Shader 1792
48 Render Output Units 64
80 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

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

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

6 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 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 is 2.491 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.626 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.04 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 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 94 °C.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 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 132 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 1
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 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
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 is -- and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

250 mm Length --
111 mm Height --
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 was released in Q3/2016.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 published in Q4/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2021
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $ (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)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
1344

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)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
50 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)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
64 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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5
54 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5
73 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
127 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

AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98120

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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