AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7700 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
181
118
100
73
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
179
153
116
58
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
274
195
134
76
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
150
129
109
64
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
147
139
99
66
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
108
90
73
42
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
115
101
68
29
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
191
175
128
64
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High16250
1080p Ultra13237
1440p Ultra10027
4K Ultra5713
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
14982
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy171104203
Solar Bay6328011205
Port Royal9055838
Fire Strike4266613131
Night Raid14495754567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
132843
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur285.8 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection181.6 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.9 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.66 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.68 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.18 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching493 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19410.5 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
22467
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark1150747
DirectX 11233 fps72 fps
DirectX 1277 fps37 fps
GPU Compute13108 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
174.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1178.6 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase1007.5 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)806.1 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex3466.6 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 25953.9 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2280.3 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation47171538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Pascal
Codename Navi 32 GP106
Price 449 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1435 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2544 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 3456 1280
TMUs 216 80
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units n/a 10
Ray Tracing Cores 54 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 244 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 550 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 35.2 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 245 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 346 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 80.92 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2250 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
432 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 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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