Radeon RX 5700 XT vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Radeon RX 5700 XT
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Jul 2019
Radeon RX 5700 XT
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Apr 2017
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    202%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5700 XT

102% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

105 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 5700 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 5700 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 5700 XT

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (13 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 5700 XTGeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
GPU NameNavi 10 (Navi 10 XT)vsGP106 (GP106-410-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs16 nm
Die Size254 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs4,400 million
Shaders2560vs1280
Compute Units40vs10
Core clock1605 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs64vs48
TMUs256vs80

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 5700 XTGeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
vs2257 MHz
9028 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 5700 XTGeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
TDP225 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date7 Jul 2019vs20 Apr 2017

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    112.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    82.03 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    449.30 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    136.70 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    448.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    216.70 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    8980.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    4375.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    132
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    63

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    133
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    77

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    104
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    63

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    148
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    72

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    127
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    62

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    100
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    106
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    90
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    108
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    58
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    60
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    45
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    66
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    29

FPS (higher is better)