GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce GTX 1060
Summary
GeForce RTX 4070
434%
GeForce GTX 1060
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4070 |
| 334% higher gaming performance. |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
| 165 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 4070 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 4070
The GeForce RTX 4070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 4070 | | GeForce GTX 1060 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | AD104 (AD104) | vs | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 4 nm | vs | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 295 mm² | vs | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 35,800 million | vs | 4,400 million |
| Shaders | 7680 | vs | 1280 |
| Tensor Cores | 240 | vs | none |
| Raytracing Cores | 60 | vs | none |
| Compute Units | 60 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 2310 MHz | vs | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 80 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 240 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 4070 | | GeForce GTX 1060 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1325 MHz
21.2 Gbps effective | vs | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 12288 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 4070 | | GeForce GTX 1060 | |
|---|
| TDP | 285 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 10 Jul 2016 |
GeForce RTX 4070
208.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 4070
626.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 4070
508.80 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 4070
40090.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
165
GeForce GTX 1060
42
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 4070
237
GeForce GTX 1060
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
127
GeForce GTX 1060
31
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 4070
160
GeForce GTX 1060
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
73
GeForce GTX 1060
19
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 4070
84
GeForce GTX 1060
17
FPS (higher is better)