GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G vs AMD Radeon RX 6800. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G and AMD Radeon RX 6800, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB AMD Radeon RX 6800
• GPU Chip
  GP106-410-A1 Navi 21
• Execution units
  10 60
• Shader
  1280 3840
• Render Output Units
  48 96
• Texture Units
  80 240

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  6 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2.002 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  192 GB/s 512 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G and AMD Radeon RX 6800. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.607 GHz+ 7 % 1.700 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.860 GHz+ 9 % 2.105 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.835 GHz 1.815 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  120 W 250 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 285 W
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G and AMD Radeon RX 6800.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 80 mm 3 x 85 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- 35 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 2x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  1 --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- 1

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  GIGABYTE RGB Fusion Non addressable LED

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  280 mm 267 mm
• Height
  111 mm 120 mm
• Width
  38 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 6800 and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q4/2020
• Release price
  -- 579 $
• Structure size
  16 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  GV-N1060AORUS-6GD --
• Documents
  data sheet --