NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 18 August 2016. At the time of release, the videocard cost $199. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Pascal microarchitecture codenamed GP106.

Core clock speed - 1506 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1708 MHz. Texture fill rate - 123.0 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1152. Floating-point performance - 3,935 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 16 nm. Transistors count - 4,400 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 120 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 3 GB. Memory bus width - 192 Bit. Memory clock speed - 8008 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 192.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
9762
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
772
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
32308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
115.073 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1325.070 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
8.057 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
31.946 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
425.709 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
10566 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3697 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3338 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
10566.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3697.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3338.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
3851
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 9762
PassMark - G2D Mark 772
Geekbench - OpenCL 32308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 115.073 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1325.070 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 8.057 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 31.946 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 425.709 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 10566 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3697 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3338 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 10566.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3697.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3338.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3851

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Pascal
Code name GP106
Launch date 18 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 372
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1708 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm
Pipelines 1152
Texture fill rate 123.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5