Radeon RX 5600 XT vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Radeon RX 5600 XT
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon RX 5600 XT
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Aug 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    171%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5600 XT

71% higher gaming performance.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 5600 XT .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 5600 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 5600 XT

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 5600 XTGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU NameNavi 12 (Navi 12 XT)vsGP106 (GP106-300-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs16 nm
Die Size0 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs4,400 million
Shaders2048vs1152
Compute Units32vs9
Core clock1605 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs64vs48
TMUs128vs72

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 5600 XTGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs3072 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 5600 XTGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
TDP180 wattsvs120 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs18 Aug 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    121.90 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    72.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    243.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    108.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    288.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    192.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    7803.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    3470.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest Detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    89
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    52

FPS (higher is better)