GeForce RTX 4060 vs GeForce GTX 1060

GeForce RTX 4060
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce RTX 4060
GeForce GTX 1060
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 Jul 2016
GeForce GTX 1060

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4060

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.

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 4060 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 4060

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 4060

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 4060GeForce GTX 1060
GPU NameAD104 ()vsGP106 (GP106-400-A1)
Fab Process4 nmvs16 nm
Die Size295 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistors35,800 millionvs4,400 million
Shaders5888vs1280
Tensor Cores184vsnone
Raytracing Cores46vsnone
Compute Units46vs10
Core clock2505 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs64vs48
TMUs184vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 4060GeForce GTX 1060
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 4060GeForce GTX 1060
TDP200 wattsvs120 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs10 Jul 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4060
    169.00 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    72.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4060
    485.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    120.50 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 4060
    288.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    192.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 4060
    31090.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    3855.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better