nvidia

Brand

3GB GDDR5

Memory

1152

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

$199 Aug 2016 View Details

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1280

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 Jul 2016 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

3GB GDDR5 120W $199 Aug 2016

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

$199 • Aug 2016

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 • Jul 2016

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

6GB GDDR5 120W $299 Jul 2016

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Memory Size	3 GB	6 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
TDP	120 W	120 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1708 MHz	1709 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	192.2 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	16nm
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Shading Units	1152	1280
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	72	80
ROPs	48	48
Memory Bus	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	2002 MHz
Pixel Rate	81.98 GPixel/s	82.03 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.2 GTexel/s	192.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	3.935 GFLOPS	4.375 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	1.50 MB
Die Size	200 mm²	200 mm²
Transistors	4400 Million	4400 Million
Required PSU	300 W	300 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

3753

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

4085 (+9%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

34861

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

39230 (+13%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

49.7 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

54.6 FPS (+10%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

9787

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

10080 (+3%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (161 benchmarks)

Valkyria Chronicles 4

8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy • SEGA

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+10%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+11%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+31%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Winner

Loser

Pathfinder Kingmaker

8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG • Owlcat Games

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+2%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+3%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+3%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dying Light Bad Blood

7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access • Techland

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+23%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+14%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+18%)

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Immortal Unchained

8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Toadman Interactive

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+13%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+13%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+18%)

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Shadows Awakening

8.3 2018 • Action, RPG • Games Farm

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+2%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+4%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+5%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Strange Brigade

7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+15%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+15%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+15%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Wins!

Based on 158 benchmarks across 54 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

+14.2%

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB