GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs GeForce GTX 1060

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
GeForce GTX 1060
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 Jul 2016
GeForce GTX 1060

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    330%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

230% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060

80 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (15 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3070 TiGeForce GTX 1060
GPU NameGA104 ()vsGP106 (GP106-400-A1)
Fab Process8 nmvs16 nm
Die Size392 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistors17,400 millionvs4,400 million
Shaders6144vs1280
Compute Units48vs10
Core clock1500 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs96vs48
TMUs192vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3070 TiGeForce GTX 1060
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size16384 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3070 TiGeForce GTX 1060
TDP200 wattsvs120 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs10 Jul 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    165.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    72.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    331.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    120.50 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    448.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    192.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    21200.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    3855.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    226
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    73

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    224
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    119
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    200
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    52

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    220
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    174
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    160
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    57

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    101
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    130
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    34

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    150
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    103
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    99
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    61
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    70
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    17

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    85
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    27

FPS (higher is better)