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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB: specs and benchmarks
Price now
262$
Games supported
93%
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1506 MHz
- Max video memory 3 GB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 8008 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2016
Performance
32.70
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB sales 18 August 2016 at a recommended price of $199. This is Pascal architecture desktop card based on 16 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 3 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 8.01 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 192.2 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 250 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 120 Watt.
It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at
32.70%
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
General info
Of GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB's architecture, market segment and release date.
| Place in performance rating | 146 | |
| Value for money | 45.71 | |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | |
| GPU code name | GP106 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 18 August 2016 (5 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | |
| Price now | $262 (1.3x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
Technical specs
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1152 | of 18432 (AD102) |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1708 MHz | of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600) |
| Number of transistors | 4,400 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 120 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 123.0 | of 939.8 (H100 SXM5) |
| Floating-point performance | 3,935 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Length | 250 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz | of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090) |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | + | |
| CUDA | 6.1 |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
- Passmark
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) | 19 Mh/s |
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB from AMD is Radeon R9 Fury, which is nearly equal in speed and is lower by 1 position in our rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB according to our statistics.
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