nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1280

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 Jul 2016 View Details

nvidia

Brand

4GB GDDR5

Memory

1664

Cores

224.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

$329 Sep 2014 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

6GB GDDR5 120W $299 Jul 2016

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 • Jul 2016

GeForce GTX 970

$329 • Sep 2014

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

4GB GDDR5 148W $329 Sep 2014

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size	6 GB	4 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
TDP	120 W	148 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1709 MHz	1178 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	224.4 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	28nm
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Shading Units	1280	1664
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	80	104
ROPs	48	56
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1753 MHz
Pixel Rate	82.03 GPixel/s	65.97 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.2 GTexel/s	224.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	4.375 GFLOPS	3.92 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	2.00 MB
Die Size	200 mm²	398 mm²
Transistors	4400 Million	5200 Million
Required PSU	300 W	300 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 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

4085 (+14%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

3574

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

39230 (+35%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

28989

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

54.6 FPS (+17%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

46.8 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

10080 (+5%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

9637

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Game Benchmarks Comparison (221 benchmarks)

Valkyria Chronicles 4

8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy • SEGA

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 970 (+5%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 970 (+3%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+28%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

Winner

Loser

Pathfinder Kingmaker

8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG • Owlcat Games

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+15%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+16%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+16%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dying Light Bad Blood

7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access • Techland

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+25%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+28%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+18%)

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Immortal Unchained

8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Toadman Interactive

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+21%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+20%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+24%)

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

Shadows Awakening

8.3 2018 • Action, RPG • Games Farm

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+13%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+13%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+0%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Strange Brigade

7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+24%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+22%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+19%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Winner

Loser

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