MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC vs ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC and ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
• GPU Chip
  GP106-300-A1 Navi 24
• Execution units
  9 16
• Shader
  1152 1024
• Render Output Units
  48 32
• Texture Units
  72 64

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

• Memory Size
  3 GB 4 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2.002 GHz 2.25 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  192 GB/s 144 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 64 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC and ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.544 GHz+ 3 % 2.200 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.759 GHz+ 3 % 2.820 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  -- 2.650 GHz+ 2 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  120 W 107 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- 110 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin 1 x 6-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC and ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  1 x 90 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

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

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
  No LED lighting ASUS Aura Sync

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  188 mm 201 mm
• Height
  116 mm 128 mm
• Width
  40 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  484 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 4
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q1/2022
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  16 nm 6 nm
• Part-no
  -- DUAL-RX6500XT-O4G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet