Radeon RX 6900 XT vs GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated22
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data29.85
Power efficiencyno data16.70
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP106Navi 21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)28 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

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 cores12805120
Core clock speed1265 MHz1825 MHz
Boost clock speed1480 MHz2250 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate118.4720.0
Floating-point processing powerno data23.04 TFLOPS
ROPs48128
TMUs80320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 amount3 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed8008 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s512.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 28 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 300 Watt

GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB has 275% lower power consumption.

RX 6900 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and Radeon RX 6900 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6900 XT is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB
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AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Radeon RX 6900 XT

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