AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 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
176
114
94
68
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High15746
1080p Ultra13035
1440p Ultra9525
4K Ultra5612
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy161933863
Solar Bay645749888
Port Royal8098824
Fire Strike4438212267
Night Raid14282450787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur298.6 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection186.2 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18755.1 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark987772
DirectX 11214 fps71 fps
DirectX 1289 fps35 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fps284.8 fps
Car Chase1005 fps280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fps245.2 fps
T-Rex3344.5 fps1203.9 fps
ALU 25114.6 fps5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fps231.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2950.41404.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 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 21 GP106
Price 579 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 3840 1152
TMUs 240 72
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units n/a 9
Ray Tracing Cores 60 No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 202 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 3 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 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 6800 the clear winner in this comparison.

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