GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Apr 2017
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Aug 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    104%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    100%

Relative performance

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9GbpsGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU NameGP106 (GP106-410-A1)vsGP106 (GP106-300-A1)
Fab Process16 nmvs16 nm
Die Size200 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistors4,400 millionvs4,400 million
Shaders1280vs1152
Compute Units10vs9
Core clock1506 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs48vs48
TMUs80vs72

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9GbpsGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed2257 MHz
9028 MHz effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs3072 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9GbpsGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
TDP120 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date20 Apr 2017vs18 Aug 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    82.03 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    72.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    136.70 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    108.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    216.70 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    192.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    4375.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    3470.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    122
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    119

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    76

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    39
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    37

FPS (higher is better)