GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $299

SRhonyra Geforce GTX 1060 6GB Low Profile Graphics Card GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 X16 192 Bits SFF GPU HDMI Dual Monitors Video Card

Buy on Amazon

$249.95

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

PNY GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Graphics Card (VCGGTX10606PB)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 6GB GDDR5 Graphics Cards (GV-N1060IXOC-6GD)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING ACX 3.0, 6GB GDDR5, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Card 06G-P4-6262-KR

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB FTW+ GAMING ACX 3.0, 6GB GDDR5, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Card 06G-P4-6368-KR

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 6GB GDDR5, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Card 06G-P4-6268-KR

Prices and Stock
MSRP $649

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2285 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-Coverage Cold Plate, 240mm Radiator, 600mm tubing, GPU Tweak II)

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6800 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 XT is 1562 days newer than GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Up to 53% better value when playing Dirt 5 than Radeon RX 6800 XT - $2.25 vs $4.82 per FPS
Consumes up to 60% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 120 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800 XT

Performs up to 77% better in Dirt 5 than GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB - 197 vs 111 FPS
Up to 167% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB - 16 vs 6 GB

This is a free version of Dirt 5.

Dirt 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Desktop • Jul 19th, 2016

FPS

111

56%

Value, $/FPS

$2.25/FPS

100%

Price, $

$249.95

100%

Value Winner

SRhonyra Geforce GTX 1060 6GB Low Profile Graphics Card GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 X16 192 Bits SFF GPU HDMI Dual Monitors Video Card

Buy for $249.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 323 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

197

100%

Value, $/FPS

$4.82/FPS

47%

Price, $

$949.99

26%

FPS Winner

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

Buy for $949.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 324 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Desktop • Jul 19th, 2016

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Ultra

109

FPS

171

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Maximum

154

FPS

221

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Very High

341

FPS

366

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Epic

FPS

157

FPS

Fortnite

1920 x 1080

High

589

FPS

859

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Desktop • Jul 19th, 2016

Pixel Fillrate

82.03 GPixel/s

28%

Texel Fillrate

136.7 GTexel/s

21%

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

648 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	vs	Radeon RX 6800 XT
Jul 19th, 2016	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
GeForce 10	Generation	Navi II
$299	MSRP	$649
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
1x 6-pin	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
6 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
192-bit	Bus	256-bit
192.2 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
1506 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1825 MHz
1709 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2250 MHz
2002 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz