The GTX 1070 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest Pascal set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the GTX 1060 6GB is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 254. NVIDIA ’s xx60 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Pascal graphics card inside the GTX 1060 6GB, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The GTX 1060 6GB is much more expensive than the GTX 960 as it costs a whopping $ 254. Compare this to the GTX 960, which came originally at a price of $ 199. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the RX 580 which costs $ 229. Spec for spec, this GTX 1060 6GB leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 960, by boasting 76.3 % more fps.
The GTX 1060 6GB has 6 GB RAM compared to the GTX 960 's 2 GB video memory. In our synthetic benchmarks, the GTX 1060 6GB blows past the GTX 960 and, amazingly, even the GTX 970 as well.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 1060 6GB consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 960 and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 580, the GTX 1060 6GB was -6.2 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Hitman 2, Apex Legends, F1 2019, Overwatch 2, Spider-Man Remastered at 61 fps to 67 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 105 fps to 105 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 105 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 91 fps to 91 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 91 fps.
AMD ’s xx80 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the GCN 4.0 graphics card inside the RX 480, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The RX 480 is much more expensive than the R9 380 as it costs a whopping $ 400. Compare this to the R9 380, AMD Radeon R9 380X, which came originally at a price of $ 199, $ 229. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the GTX 970 which costs $ 329.
Spec for spec, this RX 480 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the R9 380, by boasting 51.8 % more fps. The RX 480 has 8 GB RAM compared to the R9 380 's 2 GB video memory.
In our synthetic benchmarks, the RX 480 blows past the R9 380, AMD Radeon R9 380X and, amazingly, even the R9 390 as well. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 480 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the R9 380, AMD Radeon R9 380X and it really justifies an upgrade.
Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, GTX 970, the RX 480 was -3.9 % slower. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Spider-Man Remastered, F1 2019, Apex Legends, Overwatch 2, Battlefield V at 62 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play World War Z, Fallout 76, Valorant at 62 fps to 101 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 75 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 88 fps to 88 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 88 fps.
| Year | Game | Frames Per Second |
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| 2019 | Apex Legends |
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| 2019 | Anthem |
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| 2019 | Far Cry New Dawn |
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| 2019 | Resident Evil 2 |
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| 2019 | Metro Exodus |
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| 2019 | World War Z |
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| 2019 | Gears of War 5 |
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| 2019 | F1 2019 |
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| 2019 | GreedFall |
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| 2019 | Borderlands 3 |
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| 2019 | Call of Duty Modern Warfare |
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| 2019 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
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| 2019 | Need For Speed: Heat |
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| 2018 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 |
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| 2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey |
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| 2018 | Final Fantasy XV |
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| 2018 | Shadow of the Tomb Raider |
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| 2018 | Fallout 76 |
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| 2018 | Just Cause 4 |
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| 2018 | Monster Hunter: World |
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| 2018 | Strange Brigade |
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| 2018 | Battlefield V |
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| 2017 | Assassin's Creed Origins |
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| 2017 | Destiny 2 |
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| 2017 | Need For Speed: Payback |
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| 2017 | For Honor |
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| 2017 | Project CARS 2 |
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| 2017 | Forza Motorsport 7 |
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| 2016 | Dishonored 2 |
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| 2015 | Rocket League |
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| 2015 | Need For Speed |
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| 2015 | Project CARS |
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| 2015 | Rainbow Six Siege |
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| 2012 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
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| 2009 | League of Legends |
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| GTX 1060 6GB | RX 480 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | PG410 | C940, D009-01 |
| Length | 9.823 inches 250 mm | 9.5 inches 241 mm |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 120 W | 150 W |
| GTX 1060 6GB | RX 480 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1709 MHz | 1266 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1506 MHz | 1120 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2002 MHz 8008 MHz effective | 2000 MHz 8000 MHz effective |
| GTX 1060 6GB | RX 480 | |
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| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 1000 | Arctic Islands (RX 400) |
| Launch Price | 199 USD | 229 USD |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | Mar 8th, 2018 | Jun 29th, 2016 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | RX 480 | |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.1 | 6 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.82 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | RX 480 | |
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| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 4.0 |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 244 mm² |
| GPU Name | GP104 | Ellesmere |
| GPU Variant | GP104-150-A1 | Polaris 10 XT (215-0876184) |
| Process Size | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistors | 7,200 million | 5,700 million |
| GTX 1060 6GB | RX 480 | |
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| Bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 256.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 192 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Size | 6144 MB | 8192 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | RX 480 | |
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| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 2304 |
| TMUs | 80 | 144 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | RX 480 | |
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| FP16 (half) performance | 68.36 GFLOPS (1:64) | 5,834 GFLOPS (1:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 4,375 GFLOPS | 5,834 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 123.0 GFLOPS (1:32) | 364.6 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Pixel Rate | 82.03 GPixel/s | 40.51 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 136.7 GTexel/s | 182.3 GTexel/s |
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