NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1280

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

N/A Jul 2016 View Details

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nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

5888

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3070

$520.00 Aug 2020 View Details

$847.00

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

6GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jul 2016

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 • Jul 2016

GeForce RTX 3070

$499 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

8GB GDDR6 220W $520.00 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Memory Size	6 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
TDP	120 W	220 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1709 MHz	1725 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	448 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	8nm
Architecture	Pascal	Ampere
Shading Units	1280	5888
RT Cores	N/A	46
TMUs	80	184
ROPs	48	96
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	82.03 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.2 GTexel/s	448 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	4.375 GFLOPS	20.31 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	4.00 MB
Die Size	200 mm²	392 mm²
Transistors	4400 Million	17400 Million
Required PSU	300 W	550 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

4085

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

14126 (+246%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

39230

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

126195 (+222%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

54.6 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

170.2 FPS (+212%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

10080

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

22256 (+121%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (96 benchmarks)

Scars Above

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3070 (+219%)

AVG 223 FPS

MIN 204 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3070 (+219%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 134 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3070 (+230%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

King's Bounty II

8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy • Fulqrum Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+123%)

AVG 154 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+174%)

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+192%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

HUMANKIND

8.3 2021 • Strategy • AMPLITUDE Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+173%)

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+192%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+200%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Forgotten City

8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG • Modern Storyteller

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+173%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+192%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+204%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Ascent

8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Neon Giant

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+208%)

AVG 191 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+212%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+276%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070 (+889%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070 (+1020%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 5 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070 (+867%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 3 FPS

MIN 2 FPS

Winner

Loser

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+142%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+159%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+170%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Wins!

Based on 96 benchmarks across 30 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

+184.3%

102

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3070