Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX TITAN Z
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1060
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 10 Jul 2016
DESKTOP
VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX TITAN Z
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 28 May 2014
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1060100%
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z122%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060
- 255 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX TITAN Z .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Z
- 22% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 TITAN Z
The GeForce GTX TITAN Z 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 Z |
|---|
| 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 | 705 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 |
| TMUs | 80 | 240 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX TITAN Z |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 384 bit x2 |
| 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 Z |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | 375 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | 28 May 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 106072.30 GP/s
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z84.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1060120.50 GT/s
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z338.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1060192.20 GB/s
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z672.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 10603855.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z8122.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 106079
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z84
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 106056
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z71
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX 106029
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z39
FPS (higher is better)