AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
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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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonGames
| Game title | 1080p (High) 1080p (Ultra) 1440p (Ultra) 4K (Ultra) | |
 Forza Horizon 5 | 133 73 58 38 | 63 34 28 15 |
 The Witcher 3 | 121 96 68 34 | 45 39 27 12 |
 Counter-Strike 2 | 185 128 93 49 | 84 57 41 16 |
 Far Cry 6 | 104 90 65 35 | 49 44 31 14 |
 Hogwarts Legacy | 68 59 40 23 | 28 23 18 n/a |
 COD Modern Warfare 3 | 93 86 60 38 | 39 32 22 14 |
 Ghost of Tsushima | 74 61 42 23 | 24 16 14 9 |
 Cyberpunk 2077 | 73 64 37 18 | 30 26 16 n/a |
 Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 124 107 76 37 | 51 45 29 16 |
| 1080p High | 108 | 46 |
| 1080p Ultra | 85 | 35 |
| 1440p Ultra | 60 | 25 |
| 4K Ultra | 33 | 12 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 9652 | 3863 |
| Solar Bay | 37503 | 9888 |
| Port Royal | 4603 | 824 |
| Fire Strike | 28668 | 12267 |
| Night Raid | 114842 | 50787 |
| Background Blur | 208 frames/s | 92.6 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 114.6 frames/s | 43.3 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 2.91 Gpix/sec | 1.4 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.71 Gpix/sec | 2.04 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.38 Gpix/sec | 2.28 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.94 Gpix/sec | 0.25 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 306 Gpix/sec | 110.7 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 11198.1 fps | 3306.4 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 911 | 772 |
| DirectX 11 | 163 fps | 71 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 61 fps | 35 fps |
| GPU Compute | 7706 Ops/s | 4116 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | 690.3 fps | 284.8 fps |
| Car Chase | n/a | 280.4 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 525.1 fps | 245.2 fps |
| T-Rex | 2173.5 fps | 1203.9 fps |
| ALU 2 | 2886.2 fps | 5992 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 487.2 fps | 231.3 fps |
| API | Metal | OpenGL |
| OS | OS X | Windows |
| Tessellation | n/a | 1404.6 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Announced | July, 30, 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 | 379 | 199 |
GPU
| GPU Frequency | 1968 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 2589 MHz | 1708 MHz |
| Shader Units | 2048 | 1152 |
| TMUs | 128 | 72 |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| Execution Units | n/a | 9 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 32 | 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 | 166 Gpix/sec | 82 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 331 GTex/s | 123 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 10.6 TFLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 160 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 | 2000 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Bus | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 MB/s | 8000 MB/s |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 3 GB |
Max Throughput
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 XT the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 2
