NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 823 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 52.7 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
3.5x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 40 nm
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 170 Watt
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 9028 MHz vs 4008 MHz

Launch date	20 April 2017 vs 25 January 2011
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 823 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 52.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	9028 MHz vs 4008 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark		3063
PassMark - G2D Mark		438
Geekbench - OpenCL		10721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		31.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		389

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GP106	GF114
Launch date	20 April 2017	25 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$249
Place in performance rating	not rated	799
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$138
Value for money (0-100)		27.88
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	823 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	1,263.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	384
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	52.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	216.6 GB / s	128.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	9028 MHz	4008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5