Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
133
73
58
38
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
121
96
68
34
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
185
128
93
49
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
104
90
65
35
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
68
59
40
23
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
93
86
60
38
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
74
61
42
23
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
73
64
37
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
124
107
76
37
Avg FPS
1080p High136108
1080p Ultra11485
1440p Ultra8560
4K Ultra4833
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
9026
Time Spy137019652
Solar Bay6321437503
Port Royal85954603
Fire Strike3761228668
Night Raid111626114842
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
84088
Background Blur209.1 frames/s208 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s114.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec2.91 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec3.71 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec3.38 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.94 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec306 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps11198.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
16471
G2D Mark1152911
DirectX 11199 fps163 fps
DirectX 1277 fps61 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s7706 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
116.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a690.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a525.1 fps
T-Rexn/a2173.5 fps
ALU 2n/a2886.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a487.2 fps
APIn/aMetal
OSn/aOS X
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 July, 30, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename GB206-250 Navi 23
Price n/a 379

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1968 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 2589 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2048
TMUs 120 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 30 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 30 32
Tensor Cores 120 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 331 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 145 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 237 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 46.41 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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Total Votes: 2

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