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GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

6144 Mb GDDR5 Released 20 Apr 2017 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Core configuration

GPUGP106
ArchitectureNvidia_Pascal
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs1280 : 80 : 48
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance4375.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size6144 Mb
Memory Bus Width192 bit
Memory Speed2257 MHz
9028 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth216.70 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 20 Apr 2017. The graphics card houses the GP106 die, based on the Nvidia_Pascal architecture which packs 4,400 million transistors on a 16 nm, 200 mm² die.

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps pros and cons

  • Supports PhysX
  • Supports G-Sync
  • Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps GeForce GTX 1660 GeForce GTX 1660 Compare Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 580 Compare Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 570 Compare Radeon RX 480 Radeon RX 480 Compare
Shader units 1280 1280 2304 2048 2304
ROPs 48 48 32 32 32
Graphics processor GP106 TU116 Ellesmere Ellesmere Ellesmere
Process size 16 nm 12 nm 14 nm 14 nm 14 nm
Memory 6144 Mb GDDR5 (2257 MHz
9028 MHz effective)		 6144 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)		 8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 192 bit 192 bit 256 bit 256 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 216.70 Gb/s 192.00 Gb/s 256.00 Gb/s 211.20 Gb/s 256.00 Gb/s
Release date 20 Apr 2017 15 Mar 2019 1 Apr 2017 1 Apr 2017 29 Jun 2016

Benchmarks

Star Wars Battlefront II

  • Radeon RX 580 94
  • Radeon RX 480 88
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 85
  • Radeon RX 570 82

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

  • Radeon RX 580 64
  • Radeon RX 480 59
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 56
  • Radeon RX 570 56

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

  • Radeon RX 580 33
  • Radeon RX 480 29
  • Radeon RX 570 29
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 28

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

  • GeForce GTX 1660 85
  • Radeon RX 580 84
  • Radeon RX 480 77
  • Radeon RX 570 76
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 72

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

  • Radeon RX 580 60
  • GeForce GTX 1660 59
  • Radeon RX 480 55
  • Radeon RX 570 55
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 52

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

  • Radeon RX 580 36
  • Radeon RX 480 33
  • Radeon RX 570 33
  • GeForce GTX 1660 31
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 29

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

  • GeForce GTX 1660 73
  • Radeon RX 580 71
  • Radeon RX 480 70
  • Radeon RX 570 66
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 63

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

  • GeForce GTX 1660 48
  • Radeon RX 580 45
  • Radeon RX 480 44
  • Radeon RX 570 42
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 40

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

  • GeForce GTX 1660 25
  • Radeon RX 580 22
  • Radeon RX 480 21
  • Radeon RX 570 20
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 20

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

  • GeForce GTX 1660 95
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 77
  • Radeon RX 580 74
  • Radeon RX 570 70

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

  • GeForce GTX 1660 59
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 56
  • Radeon RX 580 53
  • Radeon RX 570 51

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

  • GeForce GTX 1660 36
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 31
  • Radeon RX 580 30

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

  • Radeon RX 580 75
  • Radeon RX 480 70
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 69
  • Radeon RX 570 66

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

  • Radeon RX 580 53
  • Radeon RX 480 48
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 47
  • Radeon RX 570 47

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

  • Radeon RX 580 27
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 24
  • Radeon RX 480 24
  • Radeon RX 570 24

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

  • Radeon RX 580 60
  • Radeon RX 480 55
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 54
  • Radeon RX 570 54

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

  • Radeon RX 580 36
  • Radeon RX 480 33
  • Radeon RX 570 33
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 32

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

  • Radeon RX 580 18
  • Radeon RX 570 16
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 16
  • Radeon RX 480 15

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

  • GeForce GTX 1660 82
  • Radeon RX 580 64
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 63
  • Radeon RX 480 58
  • Radeon RX 570 56

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

  • GeForce GTX 1660 63
  • Radeon RX 580 49
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 48
  • Radeon RX 480 44
  • Radeon RX 570 43

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

  • GeForce GTX 1660 36
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 29
  • Radeon RX 580 29
  • Radeon RX 480 26
  • Radeon RX 570 25

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

  • Radeon RX 580 86
  • Radeon RX 480 81
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 66
  • Radeon RX 570 65

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

  • Radeon RX 580 59
  • Radeon RX 480 52
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 46
  • Radeon RX 570 38

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

  • Radeon RX 580 33
  • Radeon RX 480 30
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 24
  • Radeon RX 570 22

FPS (higher is better)