AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 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
130
72
58
38
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High10646
1080p Ultra8335
1440p Ultra5925
4K Ultra3112
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy94253863
Solar Bayn/a9888
Port Royaln/a824
Fire Strike2753512267
Night Raid10314150787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur148 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark921772
DirectX 11117 fps71 fps
DirectX 1265 fps35 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fps284.8 fps
Car Chase606.1 fps280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fps245.2 fps
T-Rex2407 fps1203.9 fps
ALU 23024.6 fps5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fps231.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2576.41404.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 August, 18, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Pascal
Codename Navi 10 GP106
Price 399 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1152
TMUs 160 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 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 225 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 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 3 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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