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.
The GTX 970 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest Maxwell 2.0 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 960 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 199. 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 Maxwell 2.0 graphics card inside the GTX 960, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The GTX 960 is much more cheaper than the GTX 760 as it costs $ 199. Compare this to the GTX 760, which came originally at a price of $ 249. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the R9 280 which costs $ 279. Spec for spec, this GTX 960 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 760, by boasting 3 % more fps.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 960 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 760 and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, R9 280, the GTX 960 was -1.6 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Valorant at 74 fps to 74 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 74 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 61 fps to 61 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 61 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 | Forza Horizon 4 |
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| 2018 | Hitman 2 |
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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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| 2017 | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds |
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| 2017 | Fortnite Battle Royale |
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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 | Overwatch |
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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 | GTX 960 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | PG410 | PG301 |
| Length | 9.823 inches 250 mm | 9.5 inches 241 mm |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 120 W | 120 W |
| GTX 1060 6GB | GTX 960 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1709 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1506 MHz | 1127 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2002 MHz 8008 MHz effective | 1753 MHz 7012 MHz effective |
| GTX 1060 6GB | GTX 960 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 1000 | GeForce 900 |
| Launch Price | 199 USD | 199 USD |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | Mar 8th, 2018 | Jan 22nd, 2015 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | GTX 960 | |
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| CUDA | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.82 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | GTX 960 | |
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| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 228 mm² |
| GPU Name | GP104 | GM206 |
| GPU Variant | GP104-150-A1 | GM206-300-A1 |
| Process Size | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 7,200 million | 2,940 million |
| GTX 1060 6GB | GTX 960 | |
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| Bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 112.2 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 192 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Size | 6144 MB | 2048 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | GTX 960 | |
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| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 80 | 64 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | GTX 960 | |
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| FP32 (float) performance | 4,375 GFLOPS | 2,413 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 123.0 GFLOPS (1:32) | 75.39 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| Pixel Rate | 82.03 GPixel/s | 37.70 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 136.7 GTexel/s | 75.39 GTexel/s |
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