NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 66% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1709 MHz
2317.5x more texture fill rate: 316.8 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 16 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB

Launch date	2023 vs 5 January 2018
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3840 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 200 Watt
3.6x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Geekbench - OpenCL	101886
PassMark - G2D Mark	1013
PassMark - G3D Mark	19577
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	10626
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	309.484
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	33.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	219.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1514.279
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Pascal
Code name	AD106	GP106
Launch date	2023	5 January 2018
Place in performance rating	68	72
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	1280
Pixel fill rate	126.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	120 Watt
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Transistor count		4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		250 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5