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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 6 GB GDDR5 · 1.71 GHz · 120 W Speed index 4/100

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.

AMD Radeon RX 6600
AMD Radeon RX 6600 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.49 GHz · 132 W Speed index 7/100

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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6600 is 104 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon RX 6600
Speed index
4/100
7/100
FP32
4.38 TFLOPS
8.93 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.71 GHz
2.49 GHz
Memory Size
6 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
120 W
132 W
Launch Price
249 $
329 $
118 pts
214 pts

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon RX 6600
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAMD Radeon RX 6600
GPU ChipGP106-400-A1Navi 23 XL
Streaming Multiprocessors1028
Shader12801792
Render Output Units4864
Texture Units80112
Raytracing Cores--28
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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.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon RX 6600
Memory Size6 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock2.002 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface192 bit128 bit
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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.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon RX 6600
Base Clock1.506 GHz1.626 GHz
Boost Clock1.708 GHz2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.04 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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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.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon RX 6600
TDP120 W132 W
Tjunction max94 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon RX 6600
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 65 mm1
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)--0 dB
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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.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon RX 6600
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.4
DVI1--
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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.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon RX 6600
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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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).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon RX 6600
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8NoDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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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

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon RX 6600
Length250 mm--
Height111 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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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.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5AMD Radeon RX 6600
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ3/2016Q4/2021
Launch Price249 $329 $
Structure size16 nm7 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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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.

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 AMD Radeon RX 6600 +106.4 %

  1. 1,837
  2. 3,792

Port Royal (Raytracing) AMD Radeon RX 6600 +380.0 %

  1. 814
  2. 3,907

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,344

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)

  1. no data
  2. 24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 50 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) AMD Radeon RX 6600 +46.7 %

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. 44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6600 +81.5 %

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. 98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6600 +74.0 %

  1. 73 fps (avg)
  2. 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 AMD Radeon RX 6600 +112.1 %

  1. 33,605
  2. 71,285

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6600 +134.6 %

  1. 34,284
  2. 80,425

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 98,120

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