GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Aug 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Nov 2013
GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    102%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    116%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

16% 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 780 Ti .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GTX 780 Ti

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (20 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 780 Ti
GPU NameGP106 (GP106-300-A1)vsGK110B (GK110-425-B1)
Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
Die Size200 mm²vs561 mm²
Transistors4,400 millionvs7,080 million
Shaders1152vs2880
Compute Units9vs15
Core clock1506 MHzvs875 MHz
ROPs48vs48
TMUs72vs240

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 780 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
vs1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
Memory Size3072 Mbvs3072 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 780 Ti
TDP120 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date18 Aug 2016vs7 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    72.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    52.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    108.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    210.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    192.20 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    336.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    3470.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    5040.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    16380
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    16040

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Ashes Of The Singularity

DX12, High Quality, 8m samples, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    50
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    57

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    65
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    54

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    45
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    37
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    46
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    49
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    41
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    103
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    66
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    52
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    70
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    60

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest Detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    52
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    82
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    64

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    58
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    33
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    24

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    22
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    22
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    18

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    17
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    24
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    23
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    19

FPS (higher is better)