NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB: specs and benchmarks
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 2-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 poor gaming and benchmark performance at 21.58 percent of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile.
General info
Of GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB's architecture, market type and release date.
Architecture
Pascal
Code name
GP106
Type
Desktop
Release date
18 August 2016
Technical specs
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core 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.
Transistor count
4,400 million
of 21100
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
of 7
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
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
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB.
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX
12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
21.58
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 FPS. Comparisons with system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB performance compared to its nearest competitors. All GPU types participate.
100 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBAMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB from AMD is Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.
