Radeon RX 5700 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated119
Place by popularitynot in top-10075
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data45.75
Power efficiencyno data15.02
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGP106Navi 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $349

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 cores12802304
Core clock speed1506 MHz1465 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1725 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7248.4
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS7.949 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs80144

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 x16
Length250 mm268 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2257 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth216.7 GB/s448.0 GB/s

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 DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 180 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps has 50% lower power consumption.

RX 5700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and Radeon RX 5700. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
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