NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1050 MHz
• Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1178 MHz
• Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 109 billion / sec
• Around 12% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 3,920 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 148 Watt
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
• 1144x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10079 vs 9640
• Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35369 vs 28498
• Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 119.148 vs 105.107
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1373.562 vs 1225.96
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 11499
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 11499
• 2.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 907 vs 369

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

• Around 30% higher pipelines: 1664 vs 1280
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 747
• Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.714 vs 21.766
• Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 490.688 vs 454.799

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	10079 9640
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	747 766
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	35369 28498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	119.148 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1373.562 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.694 8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.766 35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	454.799 490.688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12442 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12442 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	907 369

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