AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6650 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
132
74
61
39
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
123
98
66
37
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
196
133
95
49
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
105
94
69
38
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
72
57
44
21
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
97
87
61
37
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
78
63
44
24
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
74
63
40
20
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
112
79
40
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High11150
1080p Ultra8737
1440p Ultra6227
4K Ultra3413
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
9282
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy99194203
Solar Bay3869811205
Port Royal4882838
Fire Strike2938213131
Night Raid11589754567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
90831
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur220.1 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection128.3 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.94 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.13 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.68 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching408.2 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10694.7 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
17133
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark914747
DirectX 11169 fps72 fps
DirectX 1261 fps37 fps
GPU Compute7820 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
116.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)817.2 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase718.6 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)586 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex2660.2 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 23188.1 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2287.1 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2225.31538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 10, 2022 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Pascal
Codename Navi 23 GP106
Price 399 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 2055 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2635 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 2048 1280
TMUs 128 80
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 10
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 169 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 337 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.8 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 176 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 2190 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 17500 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
280.3 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 Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
1 (5%)
19 (95%)
Total Votes: 20

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