GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps vs GTX 1060 3 GB

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking217not rated
Place by popularity19not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.58no data
Power efficiency14.21no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP106GP106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores11521280
Core clock speed1506 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1709 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate123.0136.7
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs7280

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length250 mm250 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz2257 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s216.7 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA6.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2016 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB

GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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