GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 780
Summary
GeForce GTX 1060
126%
GeForce GTX 780
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 1060
138%
GeForce GTX 780
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
| 38% higher gaming performance. |
| 130 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 780 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 780 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060
The GeForce GTX 1060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (11 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | vs | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 561 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 7,080 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 863 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 192 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | vs | 23 May 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
17380
GeForce GTX 780
13770
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
73
GeForce GTX 780
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
90
GeForce GTX 780
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
59
GeForce GTX 780
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
79
GeForce GTX 780
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
49
GeForce GTX 780
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
63
GeForce GTX 780
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
46
GeForce GTX 780
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
56
GeForce GTX 780
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
32
GeForce GTX 780
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1060
27
GeForce GTX 780
19
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1060
29
GeForce GTX 780
23
FPS (higher is better)