The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has the GP106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.
The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 is based on the graphics chip Polaris 21 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
Memory
Memory
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
Memory Size
3 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.187 GHz
Boost Clock
1.708 GHz
1.187 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
TDP
120 W
75 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
97 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
--
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The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.
The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 has -- PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 75 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 80 mm
2 x 75 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
1x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
Max. resolution
7680x4320
5120x2880
DirectX
12_1
12
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 is 5120x2880 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
Length
252 mm
220 mm
Height
112 mm
115 mm
Width
39 mm
39 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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