NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 970

nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
$299 • Jul 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

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


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
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)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (221 benchmarks)



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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Wins!
Based on 218 benchmarks across 74 games

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
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