ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units. Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB	GPU	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GP106-300-A1	GPU Chip	Navi 14 XTX
Pascal	Architecture	RDNA 1
9	Streaming Multiprocessors	22
1152	Shader	1408
48	Render Output Units	32
72	Texture Units	88
0	Raytracing Cores	0

Memory The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s. The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
3 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.582 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G is 1.607 GHz.
1.582 GHz	Base Clock	1.607 GHz
1.797 GHz	Boost Clock	1.845 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock	1.74 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector. The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G has a TDP of 135 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
120 W	TDP	135 W
--	TDP (up)	--
94 °C	Tjunction max	95 °C
1 x 6-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB has a total of 2 Axial fans. The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	2 x 95 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	41 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB. The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	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
No	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode / Encode

Dimensions The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB is 214 mm long, 111 mm high and 35 mm wide. The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G is 233 mm long, 122 mm high and 40 mm wide.
214 mm	Length	233 mm
111 mm	Height	122 mm
35 mm	Width	40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 199 $ (Reference). The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 169 $ (Reference).
ZT-P10610H-10M	Part-no	11295-01-20G
Q3/2017	Release date	Q3/2019
199 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	169 $ (Reference)
16 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB
1.582 GHz, 3 GB (120 W TDP)

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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G
1.607 GHz, 8 GB (135 W TDP)

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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


	ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB 3 GB GDDR5	1734
	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	2189

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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)


	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	38 fps (avg)

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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


	ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB 3 GB GDDR5	33383
	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	46596

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB 3 GB GDDR5	34647
	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	42867

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	55217

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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)


	ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB 3 GB GDDR5	4.15
	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	5.2

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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Core Edition 3GB
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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