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GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this particular model. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 72 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has GPU core speed of 1825 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 5120 Stream Processors, 320 TAUs, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 120 Watts
Radeon RX 6900 XT 300 Watts
Difference: 180 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6900 XT will be 167% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT 524288 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 196608 MB/sec
Difference: 327680 (167%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT should be much (more or less 439%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT 584000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 108432 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 475568 (439%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT will be quite a bit (about 223%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT 233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 72288 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 161312 (223%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Radeon RX 6900 XT
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year August 2016 2020
Code Name GP106-300 Navi 21
Memory 3072 MB 16384 MB
Core Speed 1506 MHz 1825 MHz
Memory Speed 8000 MHz 4000 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 120 watts 300 watts
Bandwidth 196608 MB/sec 524288 MB/sec
Texel Rate 108432 Mtexels/sec 584000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 72288 Mpixels/sec 233600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 1152 5120
Texture Mapping Units 72 320
Render Output Units 48 128
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Bus Width 192-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 16 nm 7 nm
Transistors 4400 million 26800 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

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Radeon RX 6900 XT

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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