AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

amd

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

2560

Cores

384 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6700 XT

N/A Mar 2021 View Details

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1280

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

N/A Jul 2016 View Details

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

12GB GDDR6 230W N/A Mar 2021

Radeon RX 6700 XT

$479 • Mar 2021

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 • Jul 2016

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

6GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jul 2016

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Memory Size	12 GB	6 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR5
TDP	230 W	120 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2581 MHz	1709 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	384 GB/s	192.2 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	16nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Shading Units	2560	1280
RT Cores	40	N/A
TMUs	160	80
ROPs	64	48
Memory Bus	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	2000 MHz	2002 MHz
Pixel Rate	165.2 GPixel/s	82.03 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	384 GTexel/s	192.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	13.21 GFLOPS	4.375 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	1.50 MB
Die Size	335 mm²	200 mm²
Transistors	17200 Million	4400 Million
Required PSU	550 W	300 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

11452 (+180%)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

4085

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

110742 (+182%)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

39230

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

173.6 FPS (+218%)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

54.6 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

19837 (+97%)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

10080

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (54 benchmarks)

Scars Above

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+130%)

AVG 161 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+126%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+117%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

King's Bounty II

8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy • Fulqrum Games

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+83%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+138%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+132%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

HUMANKIND

8.3 2021 • Strategy • AMPLITUDE Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+125%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+139%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+140%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Forgotten City

8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG • Modern Storyteller

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+117%)

AVG 154 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+127%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+108%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Ascent

8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Neon Giant

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+113%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+112%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+159%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+456%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+560%)

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 5 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+400%)

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 3 FPS

MIN 2 FPS

Winner

Loser

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+114%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+124%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6700 XT (+126%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Wins!

Based on 54 benchmarks across 16 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6700 XT

+136%

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB