AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High10650
1080p Ultra8337
1440p Ultra5927
4K Ultra3113
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy94254203
Solar Bayn/a11205
Port Royaln/a838
Fire Strike2753513131
Night Raid10314154567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur148 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark921747
DirectX 11117 fps72 fps
DirectX 1265 fps37 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase606.1 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex2407 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 23024.6 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2576.41538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 July, 19, 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 399 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1280
TMUs 160 80
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 10
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 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 4.4 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 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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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