GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps Overview

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Apr 2017
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Core Configuration

GPU GP106
Architecture Nvidia_Pascal
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 1280 : 80 : 48
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 4375.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 6144 Mb
Memory Bus Width 192 bit
Memory Speed 2257 MHz
9028 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 216.70 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    289%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    250%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    238%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    235%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    221%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    218%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    217%
  • Radeon VII
    217%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    202%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    189%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    186%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    184%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    180%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    174%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    168%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    160%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    160%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    158%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    141%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    139%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    129%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    127%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    119%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    116%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    116%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    112%
  • Radeon RX 580
    112%
  • Radeon RX 480
    104%
  • Radeon R9 390
    102%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    100%
  • Radeon RX 570
    97%
  • Radeon RX 470
    95%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    84%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    78%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    77%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    58%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    54%
  • Radeon R9 285
    51%
  • Radeon RX 460
    49%
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    49%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 20 Apr 2017. 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 6 GB 9Gbps 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

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Shader units12801280230420482304
ROPs4848323232
Graphics processorGP106TU116EllesmereEllesmereEllesmere
Process size16 nm12 nm14 nm14 nm14 nm
Memory6144 Mb GDDR5 (2257 MHz
9028 MHz effective)
6144 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)
8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)
8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width192 bit192 bit256 bit256 bit256 bit
Memory bandwidth216.70 Gb/s192.00 Gb/s256.00 Gb/s211.20 Gb/s256.00 Gb/s
Release date20 Apr 201715 Mar 20191 Apr 20171 Apr 201729 Jun 2016

Benchmarks

Star Wars Battlefront II

  • Radeon RX 580
    94
  • Radeon RX 480
    88
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    85
  • Radeon RX 570
    82

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

  • Radeon RX 580
    64
  • Radeon RX 480
    59
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    56
  • Radeon RX 570
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

  • Radeon RX 580
    33
  • Radeon RX 480
    29
  • Radeon RX 570
    29
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    85
  • Radeon RX 580
    84
  • Radeon RX 480
    77
  • Radeon RX 570
    76
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    72

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

  • Radeon RX 580
    60
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    59
  • Radeon RX 480
    55
  • Radeon RX 570
    55
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

  • Radeon RX 580
    36
  • Radeon RX 480
    33
  • Radeon RX 570
    33
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    73
  • Radeon RX 580
    71
  • Radeon RX 480
    70
  • Radeon RX 570
    66
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    63

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    48
  • Radeon RX 580
    45
  • Radeon RX 480
    44
  • Radeon RX 570
    42
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    25
  • Radeon RX 580
    22
  • Radeon RX 480
    21
  • Radeon RX 570
    20
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    95
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    77
  • Radeon RX 580
    74
  • Radeon RX 570
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    59
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    56
  • Radeon RX 580
    53
  • Radeon RX 570
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    36
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    31
  • Radeon RX 580
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

  • Radeon RX 580
    75
  • Radeon RX 480
    70
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    69
  • Radeon RX 570
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

  • Radeon RX 580
    53
  • Radeon RX 480
    48
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    47
  • Radeon RX 570
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

  • Radeon RX 580
    27
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    24
  • Radeon RX 480
    24
  • Radeon RX 570
    24

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

  • Radeon RX 580
    60
  • Radeon RX 480
    55
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    54
  • Radeon RX 570
    54

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

  • Radeon RX 580
    36
  • Radeon RX 480
    33
  • Radeon RX 570
    33
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

  • Radeon RX 580
    18
  • Radeon RX 570
    16
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    16
  • Radeon RX 480
    15

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    82
  • Radeon RX 580
    64
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    63
  • Radeon RX 480
    58
  • Radeon RX 570
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    63
  • Radeon RX 580
    49
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    48
  • Radeon RX 480
    44
  • Radeon RX 570
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    36
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    29
  • Radeon RX 580
    29
  • Radeon RX 480
    26
  • Radeon RX 570
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

  • Radeon RX 580
    86
  • Radeon RX 480
    81
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    66
  • Radeon RX 570
    65

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

  • Radeon RX 580
    59
  • Radeon RX 480
    52
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    46
  • Radeon RX 570
    38

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

  • Radeon RX 580
    33
  • Radeon RX 480
    30
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    24
  • Radeon RX 570
    22

FPS (higher is better)