GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs Radeon HD 6930

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and Radeon HD 6930, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB stacks up against Radeon HD 6930, check out specs charts below.
GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB Radeon HD 6930
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 186 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6930 has 55% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6930 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 6930 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is 756 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6930 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is 30 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is 3208 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6930.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 9−10
ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
QHD / 1440p 7−8 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 21−24
medium / 1080p 27−30 10−12
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 116% more, than Radeon HD 6930.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB Radeon HD 6930
Architecture Pascal TeraScale 3
Code name GP106 Cayman
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 26 December 2017 1 December 2011
Pipelines 1280 1280
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 750 MHz
Boost Clock 1709 MHz
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 136.7 60.00
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 1,920.0 gflops
Length 250 mm 220 mm
Memory bus width 160 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.2 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 6.1
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