AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 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
140
81
66
45
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High11746
1080p Ultra9335
1440p Ultra6625
4K Ultra3612
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy104233863
Solar Bay449739888
Port Royal5820824
Fire Strike2647812267
Night Raid9851450787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur104.1 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection79.7 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7635.3 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark881772
DirectX 11152 fps71 fps
DirectX 1251 fps35 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)567.8 fps284.8 fps
Car Chasen/a280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)427.9 fps245.2 fps
T-Rex1906.1 fps1203.9 fps
ALU 22284.3 fps5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2600 fps231.3 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a1404.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 August, 18, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Pascal
Codename Navi 23 GP106
Price 329 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 1792 1152
TMUs 112 72
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 9
Ray Tracing Cores 28 No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 132 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 128 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 6600
224 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 Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6600 the clear winner in this comparison.

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