Radeon RX 6300M vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking214not rated
Place by popularity26not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.30no data
Power efficiency14.34no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP106Navi 24
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1152768
Core clock speed1506 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz2400 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate123.0115.2
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS3.686 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs7248
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s72 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2016 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 1060 3 GB has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 6300M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 166.7% more advanced lithography process, and 242.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and Radeon RX 6300M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6300M is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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