AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GP106

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT $1,099
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GP106
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2324MHz
1152 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
1708MHz
FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
3.94 TFLOPS
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
FP16
0.06 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
335W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 170,545
56%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 167,895
93%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 117,795
57%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 345
59%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
Pascal
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
GeForce 10
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 KXTX
Codename
NV136
GP106
Variant
GP106-300-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/10/2022
Release Date
8/18/2016
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
16FF
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
4.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
22.00M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Shading Units
1152 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
72 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
9 SMs
Compute Units
80 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1925MHz Base
2324MHz
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1506MHz Base
1708MHz
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FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
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FP16
0.06 TFLOPS
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FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
3.94 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.12 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
297.472 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
81.984 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
743.68 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
122.976 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
576GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
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TDP
335W
TDP
120W
Temp
110°C Max
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2x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
1x USB-C + DP
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
NVENC 4
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
NVDEC 3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
6.1
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PureVideo HD
VP8
VDPAU
Feature Set H
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3x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
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Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
250 mm (9.84 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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