XFX Radeon RX 5700
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the XFX Radeon RX 5700 and the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.
XFX Radeon RX 5700 GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC
AMD Radeon RX 5700 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Navi 10 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Pascal
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
2304 Shader 1280
64 Render Output Units 48
144 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 clocks in the base with up to 1.465 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC is 1.544 GHz.

1.465 GHz Base Clock 1.544 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.759 GHz
1.63 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the XFX Radeon RX 5700 is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
46-47 dB Noise (Load) --

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 XFX Radeon RX 5700.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode VP8 No
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC is 247 mm long, 115 mm high and 39 mm wide.

267 mm Length 247 mm
111 mm Height 115 mm
40 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 591 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 329 $.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

RX-57XL8MFG6 Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2016
329 $ Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 16 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)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
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)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
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)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
96 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
135 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC
6 GB GDDR5
75 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

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
67528
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC
6 GB GDDR5
34602

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
62369
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OC
6 GB GDDR5
35302

Geekbench 6 - Metal

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
80712

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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