Radeon RX 6600 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated113
Place by popularitynot in top-10013
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data67.40
Power efficiencyno data20.42
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104Navi 23
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 December 2016 (7 years ago)13 October 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $329

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 cores11521792
Core clock speed1506 MHz1626 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz2491 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt132 Watt
Texture fill rate123.0279.0
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS8.928 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs72112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

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 x8
Length250 mm190 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s224.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 December 2016 13 October 2021
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 132 Watt

GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 has 10% lower power consumption.

RX 6600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 and Radeon RX 6600. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104
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