GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps |
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 1060 3 GB |
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
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GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-410-A1) | vs | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) |
Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 16 nm |
Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 200 mm² |
Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 4,400 million |
Shaders | 1280 | vs | 1152 |
Compute Units | 10 | vs | 9 |
Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 1506 MHz |
ROPs | 48 | vs | 48 |
TMUs | 80 | vs | 72 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 192 bit |
Memory Speed | 2257 MHz
9028 MHz effective | vs | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
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TDP | 120 watts | vs | 120 watts |
Release Date | 20 Apr 2017 | vs | 18 Aug 2016 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64
FPS (higher is better)