GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (GP104) vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (GP104)
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Dec 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (GP104)
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Aug 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (GP104)

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

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


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (GP104)GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU NameGP104 (GP104-140-A1)vsGP106 (GP106-300-A1)
Fab Process16 nmvs16 nm
Die Size314 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistors7,200 millionvs4,400 million
Shaders1152vs1152
Compute Units9vs9
Core clock1506 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs48vs48
TMUs72vs72

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (GP104)GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size3072 Mbvs3072 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (GP104)GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
TDP120 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date25 Dec 2016vs18 Aug 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (GP104)
    72.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    72.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (GP104)
    108.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    108.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (GP104)
    192.20 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    192.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (GP104)
    3470.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    3470.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better