1060 6gb watts: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Specs

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As always, last but not least is our look at power, temperature, and noise. Next to price and performance of course, these are some of the most important aspects of a GPU, due in large part to the impact of noise. All things considered, a loud card is undesirable unless there’s a sufficiently good reason – or sufficiently good performance – to ignore the noise.

Starting with voltages, unsurprisingly we find that the GP106 GPU in GTX 1060 operates in the same voltage range as the GP104 parts, topping out at 1. 062v according to GPU-Z. That said, when putting the card through its paces, it seemed like it needed to go to the maximum voltage less often than GTX 1080/1070 did. This bodes well for power efficiency, but it also means that the temperature compensation effect is a bit different for GTX 1060: voltage has room to go up for a bit before clockspeeds finally need reined in.

Moving on, let’s take a look at average clockspeeds. GTX 1060 has the same base GPU clockspeed as GTX 1070, but a slightly higher boost clockspeed rating. So if NVIDIA’s boost ratings are accurate, GTX 1060 should maintain a slightly higher average clockspeed.

And this is what we see. In fact the average clockspeed is a little higher than I would have expected. GTX 1060 never averages less than 1822MHz, which is a good 100MHz over its rated boost clock. Part of this comes down to the fact that the GTX 1060FE never temperature throttles (more on this later), which means it’s held back by only a combination of TDP limits, utilization, and temperature compensation.

Meanwhile the factory overclocked ASUS Strix GTX 1060 OC and its overbuilt design mean that the card essentially never has to yield to anyone or anything. With a maximum boost bin of 2025MHz, the average game clocks are either at 2025MHz or just a single boost bin lower at 2012MHz. Suffice it to say, the only thing stopping the GP106 GPU in this card from running faster is that it has run out of boost bins to reach for.

With clockspeeds out of the way, let’s get down to business with power numbers. As we’ve already seen with GTX 1080/1070, Pascal’s idle power consumption looks quite good, and GTX 1060 continues this trend. At 73W at the wall, the low idle power consumption of GTX 1060 is crowded out by the rest of our testbed components. It also highlights that NVIDIA still holds an edge here versus AMD cards.

With load power consumption under Crysis 3, GTX 1060 slots in right where we expect it for a 120W TDP card. In practice power consumption is higher than past GTX x60 cards under Crysis 3 due to the card’s higher performance, but otherwise it’s second to none. GTX 1060FE holds a significant power consumption advantage over GTX 1070FE, drawing 43W less at the wall, illustrating the power/performance tradeoff as we climb up and down the NVIDIA product stack.

Meanwhile GTX 1060 holds a similarly impressive lead over AMD’s Radeon RX 480. Against the 8GB card, NVIDIA’s mainstream competitor draws 37W less for 14% better gaming performance. Since Maxwell NVIDIA has enjoyed a significant power efficiency advantage, and while AMD’s recent Polaris architecture has helped to close the gap, GTX 1060 proves that NVIDIA continues to execute well here. In the big picture the framerate advantage is the icing on the cake for NVIDIA; it’s the power advantage that helps to cement any NVIDIA claims of an architectural advantage.

On that note though, one interesting observation is that when looking at perf-per-watt from a performance-constant point of view – that is, how power consumption changes for a given performance level – NVIDIA’s power consumption gains are good, but not fantastic. GTX 1060 saves 51W at the wall over GTX 980, a 165W TDP part. Though not an exact science, the power savings are the ballpark of 30% for a full generation node shrink plus FinFET implementation.

Digging a bit deeper, what we see is that while NVIDIA enjoys a power reduction, it’s less than the relative reduction in GPU size. A lot of this, I suspect, comes down to the fixed function blocks of the GPU that are always present: the display controller, PCIe controller, memory controllers, etc. These are still active on GP106, and because the GPU has fewer SMs, they account for a relatively larger portion of the TDP budget. Which is not to say that TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process hasn’t paid off well for NVIDIA – one only needs to look at how much performance has increased at 120W – but it would appear that node shrinks scale up performance to a greater degree than they scale down power consumption.

As for load power consumption under FurMark, we’re in an interesting scenario. In practice the GTX 1060 cards draw more power than the RX 480 cards, but at the same time neither of the GTX 1060 cards need to temperature throttle here. The situation is still a bit more complex than that, but ultimately this is why I have more faith in the Crysis 3 numbers, as FurMark in a backwards sort of way can reward cards that throttle too soon.

Meanwhile looking at the ASUS GTX 1060 in particular, while ASUS doesn’t publish an official TDP for their cards, this test strongly hints that their card has a higher default TDP than the NVIDIA standard 120W. NVIDIA does allow manufacturers to do this within reason – when cards are built to handle higher TDPs – and it looks like ASUS has gone ahead and done just this. The Strix GTX 1060 OC’s TDP limit is likely around 130-135W.

Up next we have idle temperatures, with no real surprises in store. GTX 1060FE is built similarly to NVIDIA’s other blowers, and the ASUS Strix is a large, open air cooled card. Though it is worth noting that in the case of the latter 31C is with zero fan speed idle active, meaning that ASUS’s card is able to achieve great idle temperatures without any active cooling to speak of.

Moving on to load temperatures, both GTX 1060 cards perform well here. As I’ve mentioned earlier, the GTX 1060FE never temperature throttles; NVIDIA’s cooler is powerful enough (and tuned such) that the card doesn’t need to compromise between temperatures and performance. This is basically the best case scenario for a blower, and one admitted that more powerful cards can’t usually hit without compromising on acoustics.

As for the ASUS Strix GTX 1060, it’s in a class all of its own. At 58C it’s not only ahead of other open air cooled cards like the GTX 970, but it’s downright cool for a video card under load. This is the advantage ASUS enjoys for overbuilding the card like they did: it doesn’t take very much effort to cool a 120W video card with a triple fan cooler.

The story is much the same under FurMark. The GTX 1060FE still doesn’t temperature throttle – though to be clear, it’s absolutely TDP throttling – keeping it at 76C. Meanwhile compared to Crysis 3, the ASUS card warms up by all of 1C to 59C.

Finally, let’s take a look at noise, starting with idle noise levels. As the ASUS Strix is a zero fan speed idle card, it joins the other cards at the top of our idle noise chart, which happens to be the noise floor. The GTX 1060FE, meanwhile, performs just a bit worse than both the GTX 1070FE and RX 480, idling at roughly 1dB and 0.5dB higher respectively.

Shifting to load noise, we’ll start with the GTX 1060FE. NVIDIA’s card may not be built with the full metal shroud of their high-end cards, but its noise performance is virtually identical. At 47.1dB it’s tied with the GTX 980 and GTX 1070FE. On the one hand this means that the GTX 1060FE doesn’t really gain anything with respect to acoustics despite its lower TDP, but on the other hand this is a significantly cheaper card than either of the NVIDIA high-end cards. In any case, the GTX 1060FE’s acoustic performance is right where we’d expect to see it, and competitive with the best of the blower style cards we have in our charts. This is also in significant contrast to the reference RX 480, which although it also uses a blower style cooler, can’t manage the same acoustics, leaving the GTX 1060FE 2.9dB quieter.

As for ASUS’s Strix GTX 1060 OC, the open air cooled card is in a league of its own, generating very little noise thanks to its large cooler. And in any other review, a 41dB load noise level would likely top the chart. However the similarly open air cooled R9 380X and GTX 960 do edge out the ASUS card here, likely due to the fact that the cooling profile on the ASUS card is a bit more aggressive (e.g. sub-60C temps). Either way this is a strong performance for an open air cooled card.

Finally, under FurMark the story with acoustics is basically unchanged. Neither GTX 1060 card has to ramp up much further to handle the load, so acoustic performance is unfazed. This also allows the GTX 1060FE to edge ahead of the GTX 980 (or rather, not fall behind), as the GTX 980 had to ramp up a bit more under this test thanks to its higher TDP.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Review: Value And Performance Per Watt

A couple of weeks back, just in time to rain on AMD’s Radeon RX 480 parade, NVIDIA revealed a few details about the GeForce GTX 1060. We didn’t have actual performance numbers to share, but NVIDIA revealed GTX 1060 Founder’s Edition’s pricing, core count, clocks, memory configuration, TDP, and physical characteristics. They also claimed the card would offer performance in the same class as the GeForce GTX 980.

Considering the fact that the GP106 GPU at the heart of the GeForce GTX 1060 has roughly half of the resources of NVIDIA’s current flagship GeForce GTX 1080, and NVIDIA put the 1080 up against a pair of GTX 980s in SLI at its launch event, claiming the GTX 1060 would perform on par with a single GeForce GTX 980 wasn’t a shock. If you wanted to know exactly how the GeForce GTX 1060 performed, however, we didn’t have much meat to share. Until today, that is.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is officially launching today, and we’ve got the full scoop on the pages ahead. As you’ll see, this 120W, mainstream GPU punches well above its weight class, and offers a compelling mix of low-power and high-performance. Before we dig in though, we’ve got some specs and images to share…

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Founder’s Edition

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Graphics Processing Clusters	3
Streaming Multiprocessors	10
CUDA Cores (single precision)	1280
Texture Units	80
ROP Units	48
Base Clock	1506MHz
Boost Clock	1708MHz
Memory Clock (Data rate)	4006MHz (Effective Speed — ~8Gbps)
L2 Cache Size	1536KB
Total Video Memory	6144 MB GDDR5
Memory Interface	192-Bit
Total Memory Bandwidth	192 GB/s
Texture Filtering Rate (Bilinear)	120. 5 GigaTexels/sec
Fabrication Process	16 nm
Transistor Count	4.4 Billion
Connectors	3 x Display Port 1 x Dual-Link DVI 1 x HDMI
Form Factor	Dual Slot
Power Connectors	One 6-Pin
Recommended Power Supply	400 Watts
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watts
Thermal Threshold	94°C
Price	$249 — $299 MSRP — Find Them At Amazon

Unlike the GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070, the GeForce GTX 1060 is not built around the Pascal-based GP104 GPU. The GeForce GTX 1060 features a new Pascal derivative, that’s somewhat smaller, dubbed the GP106. The GP106 is essentially a scaled-down version of the GP104 targeted at a more mainstream audience, but it supports all of the bleeding edge features of Pascal, like Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP), Ansel, Fast Sync, and enhanced memory compression, just like the flagship GTX 1080.

NVIDIA GP106 Block Diagram

The GP106 is manufactured on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process node. The GPU is comprised of roughly 4.4 billion transistors and has a die size measuring only 200mm². That’s significantly smaller than the 398mm² area of the Maxwell-based GM204 used on the GTX 980. It’s even smaller than the 227mm² GeForce GTX 960, which can’t come close to matching the GTX 1060’s performance.

In its full implementation, the GP106 features 10 streaming multiprocessors (SM) with a total of 1280, single-precision CUDA cores, arranged in 2 graphics processing clusters (GPC). Each GPC includes a dedicated raster engine and five SMs with 128 CUDA cores, eight texture units, a shared memory unit, and some L1 cache. There is 1536KB of L2 cache on the chip, and a total of 80 texture units. Each SM is also outfitted with a PolyMorph Engine that handles vertex fetch, tessellation, viewport transformation, vertex attribute setup, and perspective correction. It’s also in the PolyMorph Engine that a new unit enables Simultaneous Multi-Projection, like the GeForce GTX 1080.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, Front — Back — And Top

The GeForce GTX 1060 also features six 32-bit memory controllers, for 192-bits in total. Linked to each 32-bit memory controller are eight ROPs, for a total of 48, and 128 KB of that aforementioned L2 cache. GeForce GTX 1060 cards with either 6GB or 3GB of GDDR5 memory will be available.

The GeForce GTX 1060 Founder’s Edition looks much like the GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070, but other than the architecture and design language, the cards are quite different. The GTX 1060 has a faceted fan-shroud with black and silver elements, and underneath the shroud are a radial fan and a relatively large dense array of aluminum heatsink fins. The fan pulls air in, blows it across the heatsink, and then vents the heated air outside the chassis. Note, however, that the fan doesn’t sit directly above the GPU – it actually extends from the back of the PCB, making the card longer than its PCB. Also note that the single 6-pin power feed the card requires is actually an extension that plugs into a header on the corner of the PCB. NVIDIA wanted to position the connector at the far end of the card to facilitate cable management and not have it sitting smack, dab in the middle of the window on many cases.

The GeForce GTX 1060 PCB Exposed

The GeForce GTX 1060 Founder’s Edition also features a die cast aluminum body, and the top edge of the card has NVIDIA’s signature, lighted «GeForce GTX» logo that’s adorned cards from the last few generations as well. What you won’t see along the top edge of the card, however, are SLI connectors. The GeForce GTX 1060 does not support traditional SLI. It will work with DirectX 12’s multi-GPU mode should you want to go that route, but considering the GeForce GTX 1060 is essentially half of a GTX 1080, it makes sense to spring for the single, more-powerful card, than two 1060s. Users that may want to buy a GTX 1060 today, in the hopes of adding a second card down the road, probably won’t like this move by NVIDIA.

Another change worth noting with the GeForce GTX 1060 Founder’s Edition is that it will only be sold via NVIDIA’s website. All of NVIDIA’s partners are ready with custom GeForce GTX 1060 cards, the vast majority of which are priced lower than the Founder’s Edition. And it’s the custom partner boards that will be widely available via typical retail channels.

GeForce GTX 1060 Display Outputs

The outputs on the GeForce GTX 1060 are identical to the GTX 1080\1070’s. They consist of a trio of DisplayPorts, an HDMI 2.0b output, and a dual-link DVI output. The DisplayPorts are 1.2 certified and DP 1.3/1.4 ready, which enables support for 4K displays at 120Hz, 5K displays at 60Hz, and 8K displays at 60Hz (using two cables and multi-stream transport). Up to four display outputs can be used simultaneously for multi-monitor or VR setups.

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB [in 24 benchmarks]

NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

• PCIe 3.0 x16 interface
• Core frequency 1506
• Video memory size 6144
• Memory type GDDR5
• Memory frequency 8000
• Maximum resolution

Description

NVIDIA starts selling GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 19July 2016 at a suggested price of $299. This is a desktop video card based on Pascal architecture and 16 nm manufacturing process, primarily aimed at gamers. It has 6 GB of GDDR5 memory at 8 GHz, and coupled with a 192-bit interface, this creates a bandwidth of 192.2 Gb / s.

In terms of compatibility, this is a dual-slot PCIe 3. 0 x16 card. The length of the reference version is 250 mm. An additional 1x 6-pin power cable is required for connection, and the power consumption is 120W.

It provides good performance in tests and games at the level of

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GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak about GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

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Information on GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB compatibility with other computer components. Useful for example when choosing the configuration of a future computer or to upgrade an existing one. For desktop video cards, these are the interface and connection bus (compatibility with the motherboard), the physical dimensions of the video card (compatibility with the motherboard and case), additional power connectors (compatibility with the power supply).

Number of stream processors	1280	of 18432 (AD102)

Interface Overall benchmark performance This is our overall performance rating. We regularly improve our algorithms, but if you find any inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in the comments section, we usually fix problems quickly. GTX 1060 6GB 34.62 Passmark 3DMark 11 Performance GPU 3DMark Vantage Performance 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU 3DMark Fire Strike Score 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics 3DMark Ice Storm GPU Unigine Heaven 3.0 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 maya-04 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 sw-03 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 snx-02 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 medical-01 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 catia-04 SPECviewperf 12 — Showcase SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 creo-01 SPECviewperf 12 — Maya SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 energy-01 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 showcase-01 SPECviewperf 12 — Catia SPECviewperf 12 — Solidworks SPECviewperf 12 — Siemens NX SPECviewperf 12 — Creo SPECviewperf 12 — Medical SPECviewperf 12 — Energy Passmark This is a very common benchmark included in the Passmark PerformanceTest package. He gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation by running four separate tests for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the latter is done in 4K resolution if possible), and a few more tests using DirectCompute. Benchmark coverage: 26% GTX 1060 6GB 10252 3DMark 11 Performance GPU 3DMark 11 is Futuremark’s legacy DirectX 11 benchmark. He used four tests based on two scenes: one is several submarines exploring a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All tests make extensive use of volumetric lighting and tessellation and, despite being run at 1280×720, are relatively heavy. Support for 3DMark 11 ended in January 2020 and is now being replaced by Time Spy. Benchmark coverage: 17% GTX 1060 6GB 17288 3DMark Vantage Performance 3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark. It loads the graphics card with two scenes, one of which is a girl running away from some kind of military base located in a sea cave, and the other is a space fleet attacking defenseless planet. Support for 3DMark Vantage was discontinued in April 2017 and it is now recommended to use the Time Spy benchmark instead. Benchmark coverage: 17% GTX 1060 6GB 43717 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU Cloud Gate is a legacy DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark used to test home PCs and low-end laptops. It displays several scenes of some strange teleportation device launching spaceships into the unknown at a fixed resolution of 1280×720. As with the Ice Storm benchmark, it was deprecated in January 2020 and 3DMark Night Raid is now recommended instead. Benchmark coverage: 14% GTX 1060 6GB 76477 3DMark Fire Strike Score Benchmark coverage: 14% GTX 1060 6GB 11039 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests showing a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature that appears to be made of lava. Using resolution 1920×1080, Fire Strike shows quite realistic graphics and is quite demanding on hardware. Benchmark coverage: 14% GTX 1060 6GB 12816 3DMark Ice Storm GPU Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of the 3DMark package. Ice Storm has been used to measure the performance of entry-level laptops and Windows-based tablets. It uses DirectX 11 feature level 9to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280×720 resolution. Support for Ice Storm ended in January 2020, now the developers recommend using Night Raid instead. Benchmark coverage: 8% GTX 1060 6GB 235179 Unigine Heaven 3.0 This is an old DirectX 11 based benchmark using the Unigine 3D game engine from the Russian company of the same name. It depicts a medieval fantasy city spread over several floating islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012 and was replaced by Heaven 4. 0 in 2013, which introduced several minor improvements, including a newer version of the Unigine engine. Benchmark coverage: 5% GTX 1060 6GB 9091 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 maya-04 Benchmark coverage: 3% GTX 1060 6GB 103 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 sw-03 Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 46 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 snx-02 Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 6 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 medical-01 Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 32 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 catia-04 Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 51 SPECviewperf 12 — Showcase Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 64 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 creo-01 Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 35 SPECviewperf 12 — Maya This part of the SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses the Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero power plant with over 700,000 polygons in six different modes. Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 103 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 energy-01 Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 6 SPECviewperf 12 — specvp12 showcase-01 Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 64 SPECviewperf 12 — Catia Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 51 SPECviewperf 12 — Solidworks Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 46 SPECviewperf 12 — Siemens NX Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 6 SPECviewperf 12 — Creo Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 35 SPECviewperf 12 — Medical Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 32 SPECviewperf 12 — Energy Benchmark coverage: 2% GTX 1060 6GB 6 Game tests FPS in popular games on GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB, as well as compliance with system requirements. Remember that the official requirements of the developers do not always match the data of real tests. Full HD Medium Preset Full HD High Preset Full HD Ultra Preset 1440p High Preset 1440p Ultra Preset 4K High Preset 4K Ultra Preset Cyberpunk 2077 35-40 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 72 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla 35-40 Battlefield 5 106 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 78 Cyberpunk 2077 35-40 Far Cry 5 82 Far Cry New Dawn 81 Forza Horizon 4 100 Hitman 3 35-40 Horizon Zero Dawn 35-40 Red Dead Redemption 2 56 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 68 Watch Dogs: Legion 35-40 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 61 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla 35-40 Battlefield 5 86 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 64 Cyberpunk 2077 35-40 Far Cry 5 75 Far Cry New Dawn 75 Forza Horizon 4 93 Hitman 3 35-40 Horizon Zero Dawn 35-40 Metro Exodus 43 Red Dead Redemption 2 30 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 58 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76 Watch Dogs: Legion 35-40 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 38 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla 35-40 Battlefield 5 78 Cyberpunk 2077 35-40 Far Cry 5 70 Far Cry New Dawn 69 Forza Horizon 4 73 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44 Watch Dogs: Legion 35-40 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 41 Hitman 3 35-40 Horizon Zero Dawn 35-40 Metro Exodus 26 Red Dead Redemption 2 19 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 34 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 32 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla 35-40 Battlefield 5 58 Cyberpunk 2077 35-40 Far Cry 5 47 Far Cry New Dawn 50 Forza Horizon 4 57 Watch Dogs: Legion 35-40 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 22 Hitman 3 35-40 Horizon Zero Dawn 35-40 Metro Exodus 16 Red Dead Redemption 2 12 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 29 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 18 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla 35-40 Battlefield 5 31 Cyberpunk 2077 35-40 Far Cry 5 23 Far Cry New Dawn 26 Forza Horizon 4 38 Watch Dogs: Legion 35-40 Relative performance Overall performance of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB compared to its closest competitors in desktop graphics cards. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 114.41 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 109.53 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM 105.03 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 100 AMD Radeon R9 FURY X 98.84 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 98.21 AMD Radeon RX 590 94.19 Competitor from AMD We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB from AMD is Radeon R9 FURY X, which is slower by 1% on average and lower by 6 positions in our rating. Radeon R9 FURY X Compare Here are a few closest competitors to the GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB from AMD: AMD Radeon RX 5600XT 134. 89 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 133.02 AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 131.25 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 100 AMD Radeon R9 FURY X 98.84 AMD Radeon RX 590 94.19 AMD Radeon R9 Fury 93.44 Other video cards Here we recommend several video cards that are more or less similar in performance to the reviewed one. Radeon RX 590 Compare GeForce GTX 970 Compare Radeon R9 Fury Compare Radeon R9 390X Compare GeForce GTX 780 Ti Compare GeForce GTX 980 Compare Recommended processors According to our statistics, these processors are most often used with the GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB. Core i5 1035G1 6.9% Core i3 1005G1 3% Ryzen 7 3700U 2.9% Ryzen 5 2600 2.7% Ryzen 5 3500U 2.5% Core i5 1135G7 2.4% Core i5 9300H 2.3% Core i5 10400F 2.2% Core i5 8400 1.9% Core i5 9400F 1. 9% User rating Here you can see the rating of the video card by users, as well as put your own rating. Tips and comments Here you can ask a question about GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB-Technical characteristics Home / Video card / NVIDIA / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9,0007 9,0007 9000 Memory Price-price 47.7 release time 299 $ / 17342 ₽ (rub) Core frequency 1506 MHz Process technology 16 nm Power consumption (TDP) 120 W Maximum memory 6 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB was released in 2016 and by 2022 it has impressive performance (better than 87% of all video cards). The main advantages of this model are: Value for money: 47.7, Price at the time of release: 299, Core frequency: 1506 , Technological process: 16, Power consumption (TDP): 120, Maximum memory: 6. General information Value for money The sum of all the advantages of the device divided by its price. The more%, the better the quality per unit price in comparison with all analogues. 47.7% 319 place in the rating Price/Quality Architecture Pascal Codename GP106 Type Desktop Release price 299 $ Number of shaders 1280 Core clock 1506 MHz Boost frequency 1709 MHz Number of transistors 4. 400 million Process 16 nm Floating point performance 4.375 gflops Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Length 250 mm Additional power connectors 1x 6-pin Power Demand (TDP) the larger the value, the more the requirements for cooling and power consumption increase. 120 W Video connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort G-SYNC Ready NVIDIA G-SYNC technology delivers a smooth gaming experience with variable screen refresh rates and the elimination of visual artifacts. VR Ready Technology from NVIDIA that gives manufacturers access to Multi res Shading, Context Priority, and GPU Direct virtual reality technologies. + G-SYNC + Multi Monitor + DirectX 12 (12_1) Floating point performance 4. 375 gflops Multi-Projection NVIDIA’s Multi-Projection technology improves graphics card performance when building virtual worlds. Images for the left and right eyes are calculated simultaneously. + Vulkan NVIDIA’s Vulkan technology allows developers to gain low-level access to the GPU to optimize graphics commands (better than OpenGL and Direct3D APIs). It is an open, free, cross-platform standard available for all platforms. + Video connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort DirectX 12 (12_1) Memory Memory type GDDR5 Maximum memory Large video memory allows you to run demanding games with lots of textures, use high resolution monitors, provide more opportunities for cryptocurrency mining. 6 GB 149th place in the rating Memory size Memory bus width The wider the video memory bus, the more data is transferred to the GPU per unit of time and the better performance in demanding games. 192 bits Shared memory — Memory frequency A high memory frequency has a positive effect on the speed of a video card with a large amount of data. 8008 MHz Memory bandwidth The higher the data transfer bandwidth, the more effective amount of RAM the PC can use. 192.2 Memory bandwidth The greater the data transfer bandwidth, the more effective amount of RAM the PC can use. 192.2 Video card Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Edelmark rating — 8.7 out of 10; Release date: July, 2016; Video card memory size: 6144 MB; Video memory type: GDDR5; GPU clock: 1. 506 MHz. Specifications Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GPU processors GPU manufacturer Nvidia GPU name GP106 Platform Desktop Clock frequency 1.506 MHz Turbo clock speed 1.709 MHz Two No Reference card No Performance Number of shaders 1.280 Number of texture units (TMU) 80 Number of ROPs 48 Pixel fill rate 72.3GPixel/s Texture Fill Rate 120.5 GTexel/s Number of floating point operations (FLOPS) 3.855 GFLOPS Memory Memory clock speed 2. 002 MHz Effective memory frequency 8.008 MHz Memory bus width 192bit Video memory size 6.144 MB Memory type GDDR5 Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB/s Energy consumption Energy consumption 120W Comparison of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB with similar video cards Performance in games Tested using: Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Dirt3, FarCry 3, Hitman: Absolution, Metro: Last Light, Thief, Alien: Isolation, Anno 2070, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Diablo III, Dirt Rally, Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, FIFA 15, FIFA 16, GRID Autosport, Grand Theft Auto V , Sleeping Dogs, Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. GeForce GTX 1060 n/a GeForce GTX 970 7. 0 out of 10 GeForce GTX 980 7.6 out of 10 Graphics GeForce GTX 1060 7.9 out of 10 GeForce GTX 970 8.6 out of 10 GeForce GTX 980 10.0 out of 10 Computing power Tests used: Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation, Particle Simulation, Video Composition, Bitcoin Mining. GeForce GTX 1060 8.1 out of 10 GeForce GTX 970 9.1 out of 10 GeForce GTX 980 n/a Performance per W Tested on: Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Dirt3, FarCry 3, Hitman: Absolution, Metro: Last Light, Thief, Alien: Isolation, Anno 2070, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Diablo III, Dirt Rally, Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, FIFA 15, FIFA 16, GRID Autosport, Grand Theft Auto V, Sleeping Dogs, Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, T-Rex, Manhattan, Sky Diver Factor, Fire Strike Factor, Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation, Particle Simulation, Video Composition, Bitcoin Mining, TDP. GeForce GTX 1060 9.5 out of 10 GeForce GTX 970 5.4 out of 10 GeForce GTX 980 5.0 out of 10 Price-Performance Tested on: Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Dirt3, FarCry 3, Hitman: Absolution, Metro: Last Light, Thief, Alien: Isolation, Anno 2070 , Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Diablo III, Dirt Rally, Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, FIFA 15, FIFA 16, GRID Autosport, Grand Theft Auto V, Sleeping Dogs, Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, T-Rex, Manhattan, Sky Diver Factor, Fire Strike Factor, Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation, Particle Simulation, Video Composition, Bitcoin Mining, Best new price. GeForce GTX 1060 8.6 out of 10 GeForce GTX 970 9.6 out of 10 GeForce GTX 980 6.9 out of 10 Noise and Power Tested at: TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption, Idle Noise Level, Load Noise Level. GeForce GTX 1060 7.2 out of 10 GeForce GTX 970 5.8 out of 10 GeForce GTX 980 5.0 out of 10 Overall graphics card rating GeForce GTX 1060 8.7 out of 10 GeForce GTX 970 8.1 out of 10 GeForce GTX 980 7.9 out of 10 Benchmarks GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Bitcoin mining GeForce GTX 1060 576.5 mHash/s GeForce GTX 970 487.14 mHash/s GeForce GTX 980 n/a Face Recognition GeForce GTX 1060 118.43 mPixels/s GeForce GTX 970 148.79 mPixels/s GeForce GTX 980 n/a Ocean Surface Modeling GeForce GTX 1060 1,333. 45 frames/s GeForce GTX 970 1,587.01 frames/s GeForce GTX 980 n/a Particle simulation GeForce GTX 1060 1,102.15 mInteraction/s GeForce GTX 970 1,017.19 mInteraction/s GeForce GTX 980 n/a T-Rex (Compubench 1.5) GeForce GTX 1060 8.92 frames/s GeForce GTX 970 8.66 frames/s GeForce GTX 980 n/a Video composition GeForce GTX 1060 21.77 frames/s GeForce GTX 970 37.39 frames/s GeForce GTX 980 n/a T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) GeForce GTX 1060 3,358.92 GeForce GTX 970 14. 962 GeForce GTX 980 n/a Manhattan test (GFXBench 3.0) GeForce GTX 1060 3,713.14 GeForce GTX 970 1,592.72 GeForce GTX 980 n/a Video reviews Don’t listen to these bastards. There are no high profiles. Ultra settings are not always the best quality and not always the heaviest for the hardware. Everywhere you need subtle and understanding of the software. Don’t listen to these fagots of the shkolota channel. They stupidly overload the iron and say — look, that’s why you need to pay more. +Artyom Evtushenko Thank you. Yes, you’re right, the overpayment is solid, and my AMD processor will not reveal the power of 1070. I’ll wait a bit, when the price drops a little and buy Inno3D 1060 6g. And I liked the Inno3D card: beautiful serious design, good and quiet cooling, and factory overclocking (especially memory) with potential.