AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
158
91
74
53
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High13246
1080p Ultra10635
1440p Ultra7625
4K Ultra4212
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy128073863
Solar Bay501579888
Port Royal6162824
Fire Strike3584412267
Night Raid13074350787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur245.8 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark946772
DirectX 11174 fps71 fps
DirectX 1277 fps35 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fps284.8 fps
Car Chase840 fps280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fps245.2 fps
T-Rex2906.3 fps1203.9 fps
ALU 23886.3 fps5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fps231.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2414.41404.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 August, 18, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Pascal
Codename Navi 22 GP106
Price 479 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1152
TMUs 160 72
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 9
Ray Tracing Cores 40 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 230 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 3 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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 6700 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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