GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 770

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Aug 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 770
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 30 May 2013
GeForce GTX 770

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    146%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    235%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

135% higher gaming performance.
110 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 770 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 770

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 770
GPU NameGP106 (GP106-300-A1)vsGK104 (GK104-425-A2)
Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
Die Size200 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors4,400 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders1152vs1536
Compute Units9vs8
Core clock1506 MHzvs1046 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs72vs128

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 770
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size3072 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 770
TDP120 wattsvs230 watts
Release Date18 Aug 2016vs30 May 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    72.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    33.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    108.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    134.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    192.20 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    224.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    3470.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 770
    3213.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    16380
  • GeForce GTX 770
    11180

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    82
  • GeForce GTX 770
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    58
  • GeForce GTX 770
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    49
  • GeForce GTX 770
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    41
  • GeForce GTX 770
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    24
  • GeForce GTX 770
    6

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    23
  • GeForce GTX 770
    9

FPS (higher is better)