1060 ti 6gb
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti vs 1060-6GB
| Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed | 70.3 % | Hugely faster effective speed.+84% | 38.2 % |
| Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) | 209 fps | Much better texture detail.+77% | 118 fps | |||
| MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) | 147 fps | Hugely faster multi rendering.+87% | 78.8 fps | |||
| Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) | 206 fps | Much faster NBody calculation.+79% | 115 fps | |||
| Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) | 160 fps | Hugely faster complex splatting.+100% | 80.2 fps |
| Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) | 238 fps | Much better peak texture detail.+76% | 135 fps | |||
| MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere) | 160 fps | Hugely faster peak multi rendering.+93% | 83.1 fps | |||
| Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy) | 225 fps | Much faster peak NBody calculation.+74% | 129 fps | |||
| Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) | 176 fps | Hugely faster peak complex splatting.+99% | 88.6 fps |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 160 fps | Much Better Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fps.+33% | 120 fps | |||
| PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 68 fps | Much Better PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fps.+54% | 44 fps | |||
 Fortnite Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 101 fps | Much Better Fortnite fps.+32% | 77 fps | |||
| Grand Theft Auto V Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 61 fps | Much Better Grand Theft Auto V fps.+41% | 43 fps | |||
| League of Legends Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 187 fps | Much Better League of Legends fps.+37% | 137 fps | |||
 Overwatch Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 101 fps | Much Better Overwatch fps.+35% | 75 fps | |||
 Battlefield 1 Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 70 fps | Much Better Battlefield 1 fps.+53% | 46 fps | |||
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 58 fps | Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt fps.+47% | 39 fps | |||
 DOTA 2 Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 136 fps | Much Better DOTA 2 fps.+33% | 103 fps | |||
| World of Warcraft Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 77 fps | Much Better World of Warcraft fps.+37% | 56 fps | |||
 World of Tanks Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 107 fps | Much Better World of Tanks fps.+54% | 69 fps | |||
| Battlefield 4 Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 99 fps | Much Better Battlefield 4 fps.+79% | 55 fps |
Market Share
Based on 14,993,293 GPUs tested.| Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days) | 5.59 % | Much higher market share.+44% | 3.88 % | |||
| Value Value For Money | 96 % | Much better value.+42% | 67.8 % | |||
| User Rating UBM User Rating | 173 % | Hugely more popular.+82% | 95 % | |||
| Price Price (score) | $230 | $155 | Much cheaper.+33% |
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The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s third 16 nm Pascal based GPU. It follows last month’s release of the higher end GTX 1070 and 1080. The 1060 has a TDP of 120 Watts and its aftermarket variants are available right away alongside the reference Founders edition. Comparing the GTX 1060 and 970 shows that although the 1060 leads by 12% it is also currently more expensive. Nvidia rushed the release of the GTX 1060 to help retain market share that may otherwise have gone to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 480. Comparing the RX 480 and GTX 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 12%. Due to better hardware compatibility, the RX 480 is able to match the 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card, but that all depends on where prices settle. [Jul '16 GPUPro]
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The GTX 1050 Ti 4GB is Nvidia’s latest Pascal based GPU. The 1050 Ti has a TDP of 75 Watts and is based on a new 14nm GP107 processing core which has approximately 66% of the key resources (CUDA cores, texture units, memory bandwidth and transistor count etc.) found on the 3GB GTX 1060. Comparing userbenchmarks for the 1050 Ti and 3GB 1060 shows that the 1050 Ti is falling a little short of our expectations but we only have one benchmark for the 1050 Ti so the average score will probably improve as we gather more samples. The list price for the 1050 Ti is $139 which is between AMDs $185 RX 470 and $100 RX 460. Comparing performance between the RX 470 vs GTX 1050 Ti and RX 460 vs GTX 1050 Ti shows that the 1050 Ti sits roughly in the middle for both price and performance. [Oct '16 GPUPro]
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UserBenchmark: Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile) vs 1060-6GB
| Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed | 70.3 % | Hugely faster effective speed.+97% | 35.7 % |
| Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) | 209 fps | Hugely better texture detail.+90% | 110 fps | |||
| MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) | 147 fps | Hugely faster multi rendering.+96% | 75 fps | |||
| Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) | 206 fps | Hugely faster NBody calculation.+89% | 109 fps | |||
| Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) | 160 fps | Hugely faster complex splatting.+119% | 73 fps |
| Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) | 238 fps | Hugely better peak texture detail.+83% | 130 fps | |||
| MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere) | 160 fps | Hugely faster peak multi rendering.+91% | 83.6 fps | |||
| Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy) | 225 fps | Much faster peak NBody calculation.+77% | 127 fps | |||
| Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) | 176 fps | Hugely faster peak complex splatting.+103% | 86.9 fps |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 160 fps | Much Better Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fps.+40% | 115 fps | |||
| PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 68 fps | Much Better PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fps.+67% | 41 fps | |||
| Fortnite Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 101 fps | Much Better Fortnite fps.+49% | 68 fps | |||
| Grand Theft Auto V Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 61 fps | Much Better Grand Theft Auto V fps.+35% | 45 fps | |||
| League of Legends Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 187 fps | Much Better League of Legends fps.+42% | 132 fps | |||
| Overwatch Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 101 fps | Much Better Overwatch fps.+50% | 67 fps | |||
| DOTA 2 Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 136 fps | Much Better DOTA 2 fps.+38% | 99 fps |
Market Share
Based on 14,993,293 GPUs tested.| Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days) | 5.59 % | Hugely higher market share.+975% | 0.52 % | |||
| User Rating UBM User Rating | 173 % | Hugely more popular.+162% | 66 % |
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The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s third 16 nm Pascal based GPU. It follows last month’s release of the higher end GTX 1070 and 1080. The 1060 has a TDP of 120 Watts and its aftermarket variants are available right away alongside the reference Founders edition. Comparing the GTX 1060 and 970 shows that although the 1060 leads by 12% it is also currently more expensive. Nvidia rushed the release of the GTX 1060 to help retain market share that may otherwise have gone to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 480. Comparing the RX 480 and GTX 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 12%. Due to better hardware compatibility, the RX 480 is able to match the 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card, but that all depends on where prices settle. [Jul '16 GPUPro]
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- - Drive tests include: read, write, sustained write and mixed IO.
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Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB review: the GTX 1660 Ti will sign the death certificate of this mainstream hero
Nvidia’s GTX 1060, launched in a Blaise of glory almost two years ago now, knocking the RX 480 off its performance perch and giving a swift shoeing to the ageing GTX 980 on the way past. C’mon. Blaise of glory? That’s gold. Whatever…
Anyway, the GTX 1060 despite being a geriatric GPU now, it’s still one of our favourite mainstream cards even this long down the line. But with AMD’s RX 580 just outperforming it overall – most especially on price – and the newer RX 590 improving on that lead, it’s an increasingly tough card to recommend these days. And now with the GTX 1660 Ti on its way very, very soon, its days are well and truly numbered.
The Nvidia GTX 1060 was the first mainstream Pascal-powered card to come out of the GeForce stable, and featured a different GPU to the GTX 1080 and 1070, though still sported all the architectural goodness which made those cards such desirable pixel pushers.
Nvidia delivered gaming performance on par with last generation’s GTX 980 and, arriving at a $249 (£239) price point, the GTX 1060 was almost the mainstream card of our dreams. But it’s been going toe-to-toe with AMD’s top Polaris cards over the last couple of years, and the Radeon team might have delivered the final knock-out blow with the RX 590 and RX 580 price cuts.
Don’t get us wrong, the GTX 1060 is still a fantastic little graphics card, so don’t think it’s necessarily time for an upgrade if you’re still sitting on one of the most effective, and most-popular, Pascal-based cards Nvidia released. It’s just that the AMD Polaris design, as well as the broader memory bus and VRAM pool, means the RX 580 and RX 590 are better suited to the rigours of both modern APIs and higher resolution PC gaming.
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Nvidia GTX 1060 specs
The Nvidia GTX 1060 was the GeForce response to the Polaris mainstream assault, aiming to make trouble for the AMD RX 480, and subsequently RX 580, by clawing back the mainstream audience using the twin pillars of higher performance and lower power.
The headline specs sees the GP106 GPU in the GTX 1060 delivering half the CUDA cores of the GTX 1080 on the same 16nm FinFET production process, with all the performance and efficiency enhancements that lithography offers. And that extra efficiency means this speedy little graphics card is still capable of producing the gaming goods with a TDP of just 120W.
| Nvidia GTX 1060 | AMD RX 590 | AMD RX 580 | |
| Manufacturing process | 16nm | 12nm | 14nm |
| Die size | 200mm2 | 232mm2 | 232mm2 |
| Stream processors | 1,280 | 2,304 | 2,304 |
| Texture units | 80 | 144 | 144 |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 | 32 |
| Memory size | 6GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 192-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| TDP | 120W | 225W | 185W |
| Price | $250 | £220 | $279 | £250 | $210 | £195 |
This top GTX 1060 release sports a healthy 6GB of GDDR5 memory, running at 8,000MHz. Nvidia has also released a 3GB version of the GTX 1060 which provides a decent level of gaming performance, but lacks its big brother’s chops at higher resolutions. There have been other variants released over the years, notably a GP104-based version with GDDR5X is now being touted. Though it’s cobbled together from left-over parts meant for GTX 1080 cards that are no longer needed, and performance is suggested to be lower than the stock cards too.
In terms of the 6GB pricing you can pick one up for as little as $250 (£220), though that does put it more expensive than the RX 580 in 8GB trim. We have also tested the seriously overclocked, and overclockable, MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X 6G. It’s a great platform for the overclockers looking to push their GPU further, but is rather pricey compared with the stock-clocked cards.
MSI extended the PCB to allow for extra cooling and space for improved power components, but there are also mini-ITX versions of the card too as the reference PCB is shorter even than that of the RX 480. Zotac also has a micro version which should be the darling of the small form factor crowd as it’s also one of the cheapest versions of the full 6GB card that you can buy.
Nvidia GTX 1060 benchmarks
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Nvidia GTX 1060 performance
When you’re looking at legacy, DirectX 11 gaming performance the GTX 1060 still has the legs to give AMD’s RX 580, and even the new RX 590, a bloody nose. It’s often a few fps on average ahead of the Radeon crew, so if you pick your battles things still look great for Nvidia’s mainstream maestro.
But when it comes to modern APIs, such as DirectX 12 or the criminally underused Vulkan APIs, then the Radeon GPUs pull ahead. It’s the same story when you look at gaming using higher resolutions too. The expanded video system of the Polaris-based cards just gives them the edge when there are more pixels to push around and larger textures to paint.
Yet while it does often lose out to the RX 580 and RX 590 cards, it’s still a mighty impressive card when it comes to 1440p gaming performance. That used to be the sole domain of $400 GPUs, but the GTX 1060 still has a lot to offer even here. It’s a shame Nvidia chose to limit the GTX 1060 and not allow SLI configurations, something it has now extended up the stack to the RTX 2070, as picking up a second GPU this far down the line would give existing GTX 1060 owners a seriously powerful package.
Where there is a big disparity though is in the energy efficiency of the two GPU architectures. The Nvidia chip draws much less juice than the AMD cards, most especially if you look at the performance of a heavily overclocked RX 580. At full speed the GTX 1060 is almost 100W lighter at the plug than the STRIX version of Asus’ RX 580 card.
Nvidia GTX 1060 verdict
The Nvidia GTX 1060 is still a great graphics card, and if it was closer to the price of the RX 580 it would be much harder to call a winner. They almost trade blows in the gaming benchmark stakes so it would be a tie if they were priced at the same level. As it is the AMD card is considerably cheaper, and a better bet for mainstream PC gaming going forward too.
Modern games are getting more and more demanding, as evidenced by the difference in gaming frame rates between the last two Tomb Raider games, and the RX 580 is going to cope better with that going forward.
But if you’re looking to build a quiet, efficient, small form factor machine then AMD’s big, brash GPU isn’t going to help. The efficient, cool-running mainstream Pascal is a fantastic choice for a mini-gaming PC that you don’t want melting a hole in your living room carpet or burning a through your desk.
There’s still a place for one of the best Pascal GPUs ever made, but AMD has been making it harder and harder to recommend. And with the GTX 1660 Ti on its way soon, that makes it practically impossible.
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Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB vs 1060-6GB
| Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed | 70.3 % | Slightly faster effective speed.+6% | 66.6 % |
| Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) | 209 fps | Slightly better texture detail.+9% | 191 fps | |||
| MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) | 147 fps | 147 fps | ||||
| Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) | 206 fps | Slightly faster NBody calculation.+6% | 195 fps | |||
| Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) | 160 fps | +4% | 154 fps |
| Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) | 238 fps | Slightly better peak texture detail.+9% | 218 fps | |||
| MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere) | 160 fps | 160 fps | ||||
| Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy) | 225 fps | Slightly faster peak NBody calculation.+6% | 212 fps | |||
| Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) | 176 fps | +4% | 169 fps |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 160 fps | Slightly Better Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fps.+6% | 152 fps | |||
| PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 68 fps | +4% | 66 fps | |||
| Fortnite Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 101 fps | Slightly Better Fortnite fps.+6% | 95 fps | |||
| Grand Theft Auto V Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 61 fps | +1% | 60 fps | |||
| League of Legends Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 187 fps | Better League of Legends fps.+17% | 160 fps | |||
| Overwatch Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 101 fps | Slightly Better Overwatch fps.+7% | 95 fps | |||
| Battlefield 1 Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 70 fps | Better Battlefield 1 fps.+28% | 55 fps | |||
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 58 fps | Slightly Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt fps.+11% | 52 fps | |||
| DOTA 2 Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 136 fps | Better DOTA 2 fps.+16% | 118 fps | |||
| World of Warcraft Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 77 fps | Better World of Warcraft fps.+29% | 60 fps | |||
| World of Tanks Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 107 fps | Better World of Tanks fps.+22% | 88 fps | |||
| Battlefield 4 Avg. FPS @ 1080p on Max | 99 fps | Better Battlefield 4 fps.+20% | 82 fps |
Market Share
Based on 14,993,293 GPUs tested.| Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days) | 5.59 % | Hugely higher market share.+124% | 2.49 % | |||
| Value Value For Money | 96 % | 110 % | Slightly better value.+15% | |||
| User Rating UBM User Rating | 173 % | Much more popular.+75% | 99 % | |||
| Price Price (score) | $230 | $172 | Cheaper.+25% |
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The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s third 16 nm Pascal based GPU. It follows last month’s release of the higher end GTX 1070 and 1080. The 1060 has a TDP of 120 Watts and its aftermarket variants are available right away alongside the reference Founders edition. Comparing the GTX 1060 and 970 shows that although the 1060 leads by 12% it is also currently more expensive. Nvidia rushed the release of the GTX 1060 to help retain market share that may otherwise have gone to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 480. Comparing the RX 480 and GTX 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 12%. Due to better hardware compatibility, the RX 480 is able to match the 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card, but that all depends on where prices settle. [Jul '16 GPUPro]
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The 3GB GTX 1060 follows last month’s release of the 6GB GTX 1060. The 3GB variant not only has reduced memory but Nvidia have also disabled 10 percent of the processing cores from 1,280 down to 1,152. There is no reference edition of the 3GB 1060 but the partner cards are already available (at launch). Comparing the GTX 6GB 1060 and 3GB 1060 shows that the 6GB 1060 leads, on average, by 7% but it is also currently 15% more expensive. The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s answer to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 470. Comparing the RX 470 and 3GB 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 11%. The RX 470 is able to match the 3GB 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 3GB 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card, especially if prices drop below $200. [Sep '16 GPUPro]
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Gaming Desktop Workstation CPU GPU SSD HDD RAM USBHow it works
- - Download and run UserBenchMark.
- - CPU tests include: integer, floating and string.
- - GPU tests include: six 3D game simulations.
- - Drive tests include: read, write, sustained write and mixed IO.
- - RAM tests include: single/multi core bandwidth and latency.
- - Reports are generated and presented on userbenchmark.com.
- - Identify the strongest components in your PC.
- - See speed test results from other users.
- - Compare your components to the current market leaders.
- - Explore your best upgrade options with a virtual PC build.
- - Compare your in-game FPS to other users with your hardware.
- - Share your opinion by voting.
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