Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1060
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 10 Jul 2016
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Feb 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 1060116%
- GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1060115%
- GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060
- 15% higher gaming performance.
- 130 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 TITAN BLACK
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 1060
The GeForce GTX 1060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | GK110B (GK110-430-B1) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | 561 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | 7,080 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | 2880 |
| Compute Units | 10 | 15 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | 889 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 |
| TMUs | 80 | 240 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | 18 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 106072.30 GP/s
- GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK53.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1060120.50 GT/s
- GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK213.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1060192.20 GB/s
- GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK336.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 10603855.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK5121.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 106017380
- GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK14880
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 106079
- GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK65
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 106056
- GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK49
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 106029
- GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK26
FPS (higher is better)