NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

121
Place in performance rating
not rated
43.49
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
Ampere
GP106
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
no data
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$599
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$1887 (3.2x MSRP)
28.31
Value for money
no data
GP106
GPU code name
GA104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
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1506 MHz
Core clock speed
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1709 MHz
Boost Clock
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4,400 million
Transistor count
no data
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
136.7
Texture fill rate
317.4
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5888
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
1725 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
17,400 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
250 mm
Length
242 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
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+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
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Multi Monitor
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6.1
CUDA
8.5
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
G-SYNC
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.2
6.4
Shader Model
6.5
1.2
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

48.57% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($525 (1.8x MSRP) vs $1887 (3.2x MSRP))

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB versus GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

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