GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and Radeon RX 6500 XT - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP104
Navi 24
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2018
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
2815 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
2610 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
5,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
107 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
180.2
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
143.9 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
-
OpenCL
1.2
2.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3