NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Benchmark and Specs

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GPU benchmark, specs and release date - 6 GB NVIDIA Graphics card rating. How good is the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB for gaming?

Benchmark Score

2,457
Average score from 116 samples
Low uncertainty
Performance
Average
Ranking
180th of 586
Popularity
22nd of 586
Samples
116 benchmarks

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GPU Comparison

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more GPUs with our GPU Comparison Tool.

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2,615 points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
2,457 points
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2,244 points
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1,456 points
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974 points

GPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this graphics card in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks. All tests were performed at 1920 x 1080 resolution.

Flux Core

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

98 FPS average
73 FPS 10% low
64 FPS 1% low

Electron

Randomly generated noise sphere test

83 FPS average
80 FPS 10% low
73 FPS 1% low

City

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

65 FPS average
49 FPS 10% low
45 FPS 1% low

Clouds

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

68 FPS average
63 FPS 10% low
58 FPS 1% low

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

Blender

Blender

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

378
Geekbench 5 (CUDA)

Geekbench 5 (CUDA)

CUDA compute benchmark

34,034
Geekbench 5 (Metal)

Geekbench 5 (Metal)

Metal compute benchmark

14,587
Geekbench 5 (OpenCL)

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL)

OpenCL compute benchmark

36,416
Geekbench 5 (Vulkan)

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan)

Vulkan compute benchmark

37,241
Geekbench 6 (Metal)

Geekbench 6 (Metal)

Metal compute benchmark

14,587
Geekbench 6 (OpenCL)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL)

OpenCL compute benchmark

36,494
Geekbench 6 (Vulkan)

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan)

Vulkan compute benchmark

35,697

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Specifications

Core Clock 1506 MHz
Boost Clock 1709 MHz
Memory Type GDDR5
Memory Size 6 GiB
Bus Width 192 bit
Memory Bandwidth 192.2 GB/s
TDP 120 W
Floating Point Performance 4.04 TFLOP/s
Release Date 2016-07-19
PCIe Revision 3
DirectX Support 12
OpenGL Support 4.6
Pixel Rate 82.03 Gigapixels/s
Texture Rate 136.7 Gigatexels/s
Shading Units 1280
Texture Mapping Units 80
Render Output Processors 48

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

The GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is an NVIDIA GPU that was released in 2016 July. This GPU is average at gaming with a score of 2457 points in our PC benchmark.

The GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has 6 GiB of GDDR5 memory, with a total memory bandwidth of 187 GB/s. The memory bus has a width of 192 bits. When choosing a GPU, plan ahead and select a model with enough memory for your needs. High resolutions such as 4K require significantly more memory than 1080p as there is more data to display on the screen.

In terms of clock speed, the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GPU core runs at a frequency of 1506 MHz and if power and temperature permits, it can boost up to 1709 MHz. The core clock is directly related to the performance of a GPU, the higher the clock, the more processing can be done per second. A higher clock does not guarantee better performance by itself, this also depends on the number of shading units and other elements of the pipeline.

As for rendering API support, the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB supports up to DirectX 12. In addition, in cross-platform titles, OpenGL 4.6 features are supported. If your GPU is too old and doesn't support a newer API certain titles may not be playable.

Power and thermals for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 120 watts. This measures the amount of heat the GPU produces when running at 100%. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's a good estimate.

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