Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Nvidia RTX 1000 Laptop (Ada)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, vs Nvidia RTX 1000 Laptop (Ada). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and Nvidia RTX 1000 Laptop (Ada)
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
63
34
28
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
45
39
27
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
84
57
41
16
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
49
44
31
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
28
23
18
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
39
32
22
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
24
16
14
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
16
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
51
45
29
16
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High46n/a
1080p Ultra35n/a
1440p Ultra25n/a
4K Ultra12n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Nvidia RTX 1000 Laptop (Ada)
n/a
Time Spy3863n/a
Solar Bay9888n/a
Port Royal824n/a
Fire Strike12267n/a
Night Raid50787n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Nvidia RTX 1000 Laptop (Ada)
73755
Background Blur92.6 frames/s123.8 frames/s
Face Detection43.3 frames/s74.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.4 Gpix/sec2.88 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.04 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.28 Gpix/sec3.68 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec0.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching110.7 Gpix/sec290 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics3306.4 fps9455.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
Nvidia RTX 1000 Laptop (Ada)
13382
G2D Mark772557
DirectX 1171 fps111 fps
DirectX 1235 fps62 fps
GPU Compute4116 Ops/s5201 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Nvidia RTX 1000 Laptop (Ada)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)284.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase280.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)245.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex1203.9 fpsn/a
ALU 25992 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2231.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1404.6n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced August, 18, 2016 February, 26, 2024
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Pascal Ada Lovelace
Codename GP106 AD107
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1708 MHz 1245-2360 MHz
Shader Units 1152 2560
TMUs 72 80
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 9 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 60-113 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTex/s 100-189 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS 6.4-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 120 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 95 °C
Transistor Size 200 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 4 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² 118.87 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 3 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s
Nvidia RTX 1000 Laptop (Ada)
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia RTX 1000 Laptop (Ada) the clear winner in this comparison.

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