SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
• GPU Chip
  Navi 24 GP106-410-A1
• Execution units
  16 10
• Shader
  1024 1280
• Render Output Units
  32 48
• Texture Units
  64 80

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  4 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2.25 GHz 2.002 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  144 GB/s 192 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  64 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.200 GHz 1.607 GHz+ 7 %
• Boost Clock
  2.825 GHz 1.860 GHz+ 9 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.685 GHz+ 3 % 1.835 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  130 W+ 21 % 120 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  110 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 90 mm 3 x 80 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  2 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  1x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  -- 1
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_1
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  194 mm 280 mm
• Height
  107 mm 111 mm
• Width
  40 mm 38 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G and SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 4 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2016
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  6 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  11314-01-20G GV-N1060AORUS-6GD
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet