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GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs Radeon RX 6500 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

6 GB GDDR5 | 192-bit

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon™ RX 6500 XT ITX Pure Gaming OC 4GB GDDR6 HDMI/DP

Buy for €169.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 281 minutes ago

GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

6 GB GDDR5 | 192-bit

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon™ RX 6500 XT ITX Pure Gaming OC 4GB GDDR6 HDMI/DP

Buy for €169.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 281 minutes ago

Prices and Stock

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $199

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon™ RX 6500 XT ITX Pure Gaming OC 4GB GDDR6 HDMI/DP

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC Gaming Grafikkarte - GPU 2685/2825 MHz, 4000MB DDR6 Speicher

ASUS Dual AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (AMD Radeon RX6500XT 4GB GDDR6, PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RX6500XT-O4G)

ASRock VGA Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB Challenger ITX, RX6500XT CLI 4G, Schwarz

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 1667 days newer than GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Consumes up to 25% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 80 vs 107 Watts
Up to 50% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 6 vs 4 GB

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

Performs up to 16% better in HITMAN 3 than GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q - 96 vs 83 FPS

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HITMAN 3

HITMAN 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Mobile • Jun 27th, 2017

FPS

83

86%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

FPS

96

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.77/FPS

100%

Price, €

€169.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon™ RX 6500 XT ITX Pure Gaming OC 4GB GDDR6 HDMI/DP

Buy for €169.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 281 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Mobile • Jun 27th, 2017

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

387

FPS

388

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

91

FPS

99

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

589

FPS

624

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

59

FPS

73

FPS

Fortnite

Fortnite

129

FPS

136

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

Escape From Tarkov

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Mobile • Jun 27th, 2017

Pixel Fillrate

71.04 GPixel/s

79%

Texel Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

66%

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q	vs	Radeon RX 6500 XT
Jun 27th, 2017	Release Date	Jan 19th, 2022
GeForce 10 Mobile	Generation	Navi II
Not Available	MSRP	$199
None	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
None	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin
Mobile	Segment	Desktop
6 GB	Memory	4 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
192-bit	Bus	64-bit
192.2 GB/s	Bandwidth	143.9 GB/s
1063 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2310 MHz
1480 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2815 MHz
2002 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2248 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q or Radeon RX 6500 XT

With selected game settings

CSL Gaming PC Image

71 FPS

€10.27/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 5500

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€729

In Stock

SYSTEMTREFF Gaming PC Image

SYSTEMTREFF Gaming PC

71 FPS

€9.58/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 5500

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€679.9

In Stock

Memory PC Image

75 FPS

€9.45/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 7 5700X

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€709

In Stock

Memory PC Image

71 FPS

€8.72/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 5500

16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

€619

In Stock

Memory PC Image

66 FPS

€9.38/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

€619

In Stock

Memory PC Image

83 FPS

€11.8/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core i7-12700K

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€979

In Stock

SYSTEMTREFF Gaming Komplett PC Image

SYSTEMTREFF Gaming Komplett PC

88 FPS

€10.74/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 7600

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€944.9

In Stock

SYSTEMTREFF Gaming PC Image

SYSTEMTREFF Gaming PC

82 FPS

€9.94/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core i5-12600KF

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€814.9

In Stock

CSL Gaming-PC mit Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i5-10400F 6x2900 MHz, 500 GB M.2 SSD, 16 GB DDR4-RAM, AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, GIGABYTE Mainboard, HDMI, DisplayPort, USB 3.2, D10137H PC Image

CSL Gaming-PC mit Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i5-10400F 6x2900 MHz, 500 GB M.2 SSD, 16 GB DDR4-RAM, AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, GIGABYTE Mainboard, HDMI, DisplayPort, USB 3.2, D10137H PC

63 FPS

€12.21/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core i5-10400F

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€769

In Stock

Memory PC Image

67 FPS

€11.78/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core i5-10600KF

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€789

In Stock

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Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

€929.95

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

GeForce RTX 3060

€296.92

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

Radeon RX 7600 XT

€363.82

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

GeForce RTX 4060

€310.55

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

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€197.9

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€169.99

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€169.99

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€169.99

€245.24

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

€136.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

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€433.12

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

€96.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

€977.64

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

€286.9

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

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€529

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€169.99

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€1,299.9

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€169.99

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Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

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€561.8

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€169.99

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€169.99

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Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

Radeon RX 6750 XT

€463.97

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€169.99

GeForce RTX 2060

€479.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

GeForce RTX 4090

€3,489.99

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€169.99

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€429.45

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€169.99

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€169.99

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€538.82

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

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€1,639.69

Radeon RX 6500 XT

€169.99

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€719.99

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€169.99

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€539.83