NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Benchmark and Specs

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

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Benchmark Score

2,077

Average score from 31 samples
Low uncertainty

Performance

Average

Ranking

205th of 586

Popularity

36th of 586

Samples

31 benchmarks

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GPU Comparison

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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	5,276 points
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	4,831 points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660	3,653 points
NVIDIA P106-100	2,364 points
AMD Radeon RX 580	2,281 points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060	2,077 points
Intel Iris Xe	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

90 FPS average

65 FPS 10% low

56 FPS 1% low

Electron

Randomly generated noise sphere test

71 FPS average

66 FPS 10% low

56 FPS 1% low

City

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

57 FPS average

43 FPS 10% low

38 FPS 1% low

Clouds

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

55 FPS average

50 FPS 10% low

44 FPS 1% low

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

3DMark Graphics

High-end graphics benchmark

3,636

Blender

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371

Geekbench 5 (CUDA)

CUDA compute benchmark

31,129

Geekbench 5 (Metal)

Metal compute benchmark

13,531

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL)

OpenCL compute benchmark

32,388

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan)

Vulkan compute benchmark

31,476

Geekbench 6 (Metal)

Metal compute benchmark

13,531

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL)

OpenCL compute benchmark

32,365

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan)

Vulkan compute benchmark

30,916

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Specifications

Core Clock	1708 MHz
Memory Size	6 GiB
TDP	120 W
DirectX Support	12
OpenGL Support	4.5

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

The GeForce GTX 1060 is an NVIDIA GPU. This GPU is average at gaming with a score of 2077 points in our PC benchmark.

The GeForce GTX 1060 has 6 GiB of memory. 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 GPU core runs at a frequency of 1708 MHz. A clock speed is the frequency at which the GPU updates. A higher speed means more processing can happen per cycle. This is useful only when comparing cards of the same generation, as other architectures may process more or less per clock.

As for rendering API support, the GeForce GTX 1060 supports up to DirectX 12. In addition, in cross-platform titles, OpenGL 4.5 features are supported. Newer APIs are usually more efficient, allowing for better performance in games and better graphical effects.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 has a TDP of 120W, this is the amount of heat energy produced by the chip as a byproduct. The higher the TDP, the more heat is produced.

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