GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs GeForce GTX 1060

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
GeForce GTX 1060
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 Jul 2016
GeForce GTX 1060

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5XGeForce GTX 1060
GPU NameGP104 ()vsGP106 (GP106-400-A1)
Fab Process16 nmvs16 nm
Die Size314 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistors7,200 millionvs4,400 million
Shaders1280vs1280
Compute Units10vs10
Core clock1506 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs48vs48
TMUs80vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5XGeForce GTX 1060
Memory TypeGDDR5XvsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed1001 MHz
8008 MHz effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5XGeForce GTX 1060
TDP120 wattsvs120 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs10 Jul 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
    82.03 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    72.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
    136.70 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    120.50 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
    192.20 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    192.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
    4375.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    3855.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better