NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

168
Place in performance rating
121
68.78
Value for money (0-100)
43.49
Kepler
Architecture
Pascal
GK110
Code name
GP106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
23 May 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
$649
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$276 (0.4x MSRP)
Price now
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
21.49
Value for money
28.31
GK110
GPU code name
GP106
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
1280
863 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
1709 MHz
7,080 million
Transistor count
4,400 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
160.5 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
136.7
4,156 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
95 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
2304
CUDA cores
no data
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
900 MHz
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
7,080 million
Number of transistors
4,400 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
250 mm
One 8-pin and one 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data
600 Watt
Minimum recommended system power
no data

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 780 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
6008 MHz
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
288.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
+
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is the additional functionality.

no data
VR Ready
+
no data
Multi Monitor
+
+
3D Vision
no data
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
6.1
no data
Multi-Projection
+
no data
G-SYNC
+
+
Blu Ray 3D
no data
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
3D Vision Live
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
PhysX
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.3
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 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 780 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 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 780

Cheaper ($276 (0.4x MSRP) vs $525 (1.8x MSRP))

More pipelines (2304 vs 1280)

More memory bandwidth (288.4 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

11.4% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 3 GB)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

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