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Graphics card overview

GeForce GTX 1060

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 1060

6144 Mb GDDR5 Released 10 Jul 2016 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 1060

Core configuration

GPUGP106
ArchitectureNvidia_Pascal
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs1280 : 80 : 48
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance3855.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size6144 Mb
Memory Bus Width192 bit
Memory Speed2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth192.20 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 10 Jul 2016. 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 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GTX 1060 Radeon RX 6500 XT Radeon RX 6500 XT Compare GeForce GTX 1650 GeForce GTX 1650 Compare Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 580 Compare Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 570 Compare
Shader units 1280 1024 896 2304 2048
ROPs 48 32 32 32 32
Graphics processor GP106 Navi 24 TU107 Ellesmere Ellesmere
Process size 16 nm 6 nm 12 nm 14 nm 14 nm
Memory 6144 Mb GDDR5 (2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 192 bit 64 bit 128 bit 256 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 192.20 Gb/s 144.00 Gb/s 128.00 Gb/s 256.00 Gb/s 211.20 Gb/s
Release date 10 Jul 2016 19 Jan 2022 30 Apr 2019 1 Apr 2017 1 Apr 2017

Benchmarks

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 64
  • Radeon RX 580 59
  • Radeon RX 570 52
  • GeForce GTX 1060 52
  • GeForce GTX 1650 42

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 40
  • Radeon RX 580 38
  • Radeon RX 570 34
  • GeForce GTX 1060 34
  • GeForce GTX 1650 27

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 580 19
  • Radeon RX 570 17
  • GeForce GTX 1060 17

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 580 52
  • Radeon RX 570 47
  • GeForce GTX 1060 42

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 580 36
  • Radeon RX 570 32
  • GeForce GTX 1060 31
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 13

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce GTX 1060 19
  • Radeon RX 580 17
  • Radeon RX 570 15

FPS (higher is better)