NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs NVIDIA RTX A5500
23.3Rasterization—
20Ray Tracing—
32.8Memoryspec-based71.2
83.8Efficiencyspec-based79.1
28.8Compute73.2
1 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB6 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX A5500
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: NVIDIA RTX A5500 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
- 48% lower TDP: 120 W vs 230 W
- Lower launch price: $249 vs $3,600
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA RTX A5500
- Stronger compute score: 73 vs 29
- 700% higher Shading units: 10,240 vs 1,280
- 300% higher VRAM: 24 GB vs 6 GB
- 300% higher bandwidth: 768 GB/s vs 192 GB/s
- 100% higher Bus width: 384 bit vs 192 bit
General
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2016 | 2022 |
| Architecture | Pascal | Ampere |
| Process | 16 nm | 8 nm+50% |
| TDP | 120 W+48% | 230 W |
| Power connector | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 1,280 | 10,240+700% |
| RT cores | — | 80 |
| Tensor / AI cores | — | 320 |
| Base clock | 1,506 MHz | — |
| Boost clock | 1,709 MHz | — |
Memory
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 6 GB | 24 GB+300% |
| VRAM type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Bus width | 192 bit | 384 bit+100% |
| Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 768 GB/s+300% |
Benchmarks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | 4,178Bottom 10% | — |
| PassMark G3D | 10,021Bottom 15% | — |
Features
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | — | DLSS |
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