1060 vs 970 gtx: Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB vs 970

The Nvidia GTX 970 is a game changer in terms of performance per watt and value for money. The GTX 970 is based on Nvidia’s ground-breaking Maxwell architecture which delivers considerable clock for clock performance gains over Kepler, its predecessor. Comparing the GTX 970 and 780 Ti shows that the two cards offer comparable performance yet the new GTX 970 costs nearly half as much! Unsurprisingly Nvidia are discontinuing the 780 Ti as it’s now largely redundant. These price to performance gains typically occur once or twice a decade and although the new Maxwell architecture will improve down the line with the release of the Ti/Titan versions, at the moment the 970 offers the best value for money on the market by miles. Since this summary was originally written AMD have slashed prices and older Nvidia models (780/780 Ti/770) have also been hugely discounted. See the latest value for money rankings here. ^{[Jul ’15 GPUPro]}

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The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s third 16 nm Pascal based GPU. It follows last month’s release of the higher end GTX 1070 and 1080. The 1060 has a TDP of 120 Watts and its aftermarket variants are available right away alongside the reference Founders edition. Comparing the GTX 1060 and 970 shows that although the 1060 leads by 12% it is also currently more expensive. Nvidia rushed the release of the GTX 1060 to help retain market share that may otherwise have gone to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 480. Comparing the RX 480 and GTX 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 12%. Due to better hardware compatibility, the RX 480 is able to match the 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card provided prices settle appropriately. ^{[Jul ’16 GPUPro]}

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• MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (3,145)
• Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (2,497)
• Asus Z97-A (1,906)
• Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (1,689)
• MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (1,521)
• Asus Z170-A (1,441)
• MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (1,322)

• Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (4,940)
• MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (3,303)
• MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (3,220)
• Gigabyte B450M DS3H (2,976)
• Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (2,753)
• Asus PRIME B350-PLUS (2,692)
• MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (2,298)

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Best Bench: 55% Gigabyte(1458 367A)
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Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		50. 2 %			52.7 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +5%

Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)		61.3 fps			64.3 fps	+5%
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)		71.5 fps	+1%		70.6 fps
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)		67.8 fps	+3%		65.9 fps
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)		62.2 fps			66.5 fps	Slightly faster NBody calculation. +7%

Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)		69 fps	+1%		68.6 fps
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)		93.1 fps			99.9 fps	Slightly better peak reflection handling. +7%
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)		71.2 fps	+4%		68.5 fps
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)		67.6 fps			70 fps	+4%

CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		156 Fps	+4%		150 Fps
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		94 Fps			98 Fps	+5%
PUBG Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		63 Fps			64 Fps	+3%
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		53 Fps			60 Fps	Better GTAV Fps. +13%
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		156 Fps	Slightly Better LoL Fps. +6%		148 Fps
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		97 Fps			100 Fps	+3%
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		62 Fps	Better BF1 Fps. +13%		55 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		48 Fps			51 Fps	Slightly Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +6%
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		189 Fps	+3%		184 Fps
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		121 Fps	+5%		116 Fps
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		63 Fps	+5%		61 Fps
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		97 Fps	+2%		95 Fps

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		1.2 %	Higher market share. +18%		1.02 %
Value Value For Money		35 %			54.3 %	Much better value. +55%
User Rating UBM User Rating		69 %	+5%		66 %
Price Price (score)		$340			$230	Much cheaper. +32%

Age Newest		97 Months			74 Months	More recent. +24%
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)		69.7 fps	+4%		67.2 fps
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)		59.8 fps			64.8 fps	Slightly faster peak complex splatting. +8%
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)		62.4 fps	+2%		61.3 fps
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)		54 fps			60.2 fps	Faster complex splatting. +11%

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