Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps vs GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 20 Apr 2017
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1060
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 10 Jul 2016
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps105%
- GeForce GTX 1060100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
- 5% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
The GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | GeForce GTX 1060 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-410-A1) | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | 4,400 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 10 | 10 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 |
| TMUs | 80 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | GeForce GTX 1060 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2257 MHz
9028 MHz effective | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | GeForce GTX 1060 |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Apr 2017 | 10 Jul 2016 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps82.03 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 106072.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps136.70 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 1060120.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps216.70 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 1060192.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps4375.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 10603855.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps62
- GeForce GTX 106059
FPS (higher is better)