PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate vs MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1

Comparison of GPU cores for PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 graphics cards. The GPU core data contains the number of blocks (in the AMD documentation these blocks are called Shader Engine (SE), while Nvidia calls them Graphics Processing Clusters (GPC), words are different, the essence is the same) and ROP/TMUs (Raster Processing Units). These characteristics have a great influence on the GPU computing power.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 GP106-300-A1
• Execution units
  80 9
• Shader
  5120 1152
• Render Output Units
  128 48
• Texture Units
  320 72

The values comparison for the amount, type and speed of memory, along with the bandwidth in the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 GPUs. A sufficiently large amount of graphics memory with high frequency and adequate bandwidth positively affects the speed of high resolution texture processing.

• Memory Size
  16 GB 3 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 2.002 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  512 GB/s 192 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the base and maximum frequency of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 graphics cards. These values are not displayed in the BIOS, but can be viewed with the help of diagnostic utilities such as GPU-Z or Everest.

• Base Clock
  1.825 GHz 1.544 GHz+ 3 %
• Boost Clock
  2.425 GHz+ 8 % 1.759 GHz+ 3 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.235 GHz+ 11 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Comparison of the thermal design power of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 GPUs. The TDP number determines the maximum power consumption of your graphics card. The specifications for computer ventilation and power supply are often based on the TDP numbers and should be optimized for it.

• TDP
  300 W 120 W
• TDP (up)
  345 W --
• PCIe-Power
  3 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Here we are going to look at the types of cooling systems for PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 as well as their sizes and performance. As a rule, fans with larger diameters have an advantage because they can move the same volumes of air while rotating more slowly than smaller fans. It should be noted that liquid cooling systems in addition to fans and aluminum radiators need some kind of pump, which can also be noisy.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  1 x 90 mm --
• Noise (Load)
  34 dB --

Number and types of sockets for video output and connection in PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 GPUs.

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

In this section, we'll explore what functions the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 GPUs have. In addition, we have added ray tracing support to achieve the proper simulation of light rays and shadows. The list can vary slightly depending on the manufacturer.

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

Let's compare how PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 support popular codecs h264, VP8, h265 / HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The availability of such video codecs helps reduce the load on the graphics card during the playback or creation of videos. This has a positive effect on reducing power consumption and heat generation by the GPU.

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

The comparison of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 graphics cards dimensions. With knowledge of the exact measurements of the graphics card, you can check whether it is possible to put it in the case of your PC. We have also added support for PCI Express bus.

• Length
  320 mm 275 mm
• Height
  135 mm 137 mm
• Width
  62 mm 41 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 689 g

Here you can find information about the type (for desktops or laptops) and architecture of PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1, along with the sales starting time and the price at that moment. We provide a link to the GPU specifications directly from its manufacturer.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q3/2016
• Structure size
  7 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  AXRX 6900XTU 16GBD6-3DHE/OC --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet