AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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
112
59
47
28
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
94
75
49
29
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
158
108
73
35
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
90
73
55
26
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
53
43
31
17
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
67
45
29
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
61
44
34
15
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
55
51
28
13
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
103
88
57
29
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High8946
1080p Ultra6835
1440p Ultra4725
4K Ultra2512
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy76333863
Solar Bayn/a9888
Port Royaln/a824
Fire Strike2231012267
Night Raid8663050787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur123.2 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection71.4 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.85 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.1 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.48 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching253.9 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7670.6 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark870772
DirectX 1196 fps71 fps
DirectX 1252 fps35 fps
GPU Compute6338 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)533 fps284.8 fps
Car Chase465.4 fps280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)387.4 fps245.2 fps
T-Rex1882.8 fps1203.9 fps
ALU 22438.2 fps5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2198.3 fps231.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2278.91404.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 21, 2020 August, 18, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Pascal
Codename Navi 10 GP106
Price 279 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1130 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 2304 1152
TMUs 144 72
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 9
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache n/a 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 100 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 225 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 150 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 3 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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