Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G vs ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G and ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
• GPU Chip
  Navi 10 XT GP106-410-A1
• Execution units
  40 10
• Shader
  2560 1280
• Render Output Units
  64 48
• Texture Units
  160 80

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 2.002 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  448 GB/s 192 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G and ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.770 GHz+ 10 % 1.506 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.010 GHz+ 6 % 1.708 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.905 GHz+ 9 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  265 W+ 18 % 120 W
• TDP (up)
  335 W --
• Tjunction max
  89 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 6-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G and ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 95 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Fan 2
  1 x 87 mm --
• Noise (Load)
  44 dB --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 2x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 2x DP v1.4
• 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_2 12_1
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  305 mm 242 mm
• Height
  135 mm 130 mm
• Width
  49 mm 43 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2016
• Release price
  449 $ --
• Structure size
  7 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  -- DUAL-GTX1060-6G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet