NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X) and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 5700, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X) Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700
GP104-150-KA-A1 GPU Chip Navi 10
Pascal Architecture RDNA 1
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1280 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 64
80 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.001 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G is 1.465 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.465 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.63 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
94 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 42 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
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 GDDR5X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X is 250 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G is 280 mm long, 115 mm high and 50 mm wide.

250 mm Length 280 mm
111 mm Height 115 mm
-- Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 429 $.

-- Part-no GV-R57GAMING-8GD
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2019
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 429 $
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)

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
48 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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
62 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X
6 GB GDDR5
75 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
135 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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