SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT vs MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
• GPU Chip
  Navi 22 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
  12 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 2.002 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  384 GB/s 192 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.321 GHz 1.544 GHz+ 3 %
• Boost Clock
  2.581 GHz 1.759 GHz+ 3 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.424 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  230 W 120 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin 1 x 6-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC.

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

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x 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
  Non addressable LED No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  267 mm 188 mm
• Height
  110 mm 116 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6G OC and SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q3/2016
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  21306-01-20G --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet